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Fisheries & Marine
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2020 in review: A Belfast shipyard benefitted when pandemic ‘pushed people outdoors’
Updated: January 11, 2021This marine services and shipbuilding company weathered the storms of 2020, especially after sales of new vessels went off the charts.
Updated: January 11, 2021No one saw 2020 coming, and yet … some businesses thrived
Updated: January 11, 2021A year ago, Mainebiz asked 20 business leaders for their outlook for 2020. Most painted a picture of a continued booming real estate market and consumer spending, coupled with the challenge of an ongoing labor shortage.
Updated: January 11, 2021
Belfast salmon company now faces 3 lawsuits over marketing, with $10M in potential claims
Updated: January 6, 2021Ducktrap River of Maine and its parent company, Mowi ASA, of Bergen, Norway, now face two federal class-action suits in addition to one reported last summer by Mainebiz.
Updated: January 6, 2021
With $500K award, Local Catch Network will grow ‘boat-to-fork’ market
Updated: January 4, 2021Driven by the pandemic, the nonprofit network saw a 191% increase of participants over the last six months. “We might be at this interesting tipping point for local seafood systems,” founder Joshua Stoll says in a Q&A with Mainebiz.
Updated: January 4, 2021
EU tariff on lobster clears final hurdle, opening market for Maine exports
December 28, 2020Before tariffs on U.S. lobster were imposed in 2017, the European Union was a top destination for Maine's top-selling marine species, accounting for 15-20% of lobster exports. Eliminating the tariffs will level the playing field between the U.S. and
December 28, 2020
Ropeless fishing, called ‘crazy’ by some, could be real in five years
Updated: December 28, 2020The goal is to eliminate vertical lines in endangered right whale habitat. Trap retrieval systems in trials depend on pop-up buoys or other lifting devices, triggered by a remote-controlled acoustic signal.
Updated: December 28, 2020
Newly mandated study sizes up impact of Portland's working waterfront
December 23, 2020Portland's working waterfront generates over $800 million in annual economic output, according to the new study. It's the city's first look at the economics of the area in response to an ordinance passed last year.
December 23, 2020
New cookbook promotes Maine's burgeoning farmed scallop sector
Updated: December 18, 2020Coastal Enterprises Inc. announced the release of the publication as part of a three-year initiative to further develop scallop farming efforts in Maine. They started to take off after Maine fishermen visited Japan to learn about techniques and
Updated: December 18, 2020
Fishing industry grapples with state’s offshore wind array plan
December 17, 2020“You’re shutting down habitat that we fish now so you’ll be displacing a lot of guys who are fishing out there,” said one fisherman at a webinar held by by the Governor’s Energy Office and the Maine Department of Marine Resources.
December 17, 2020
Nonprofit Notebook: MCF awards $95K in grants; Biddeford arts group names new leader
Updated: December 15, 2020This roundup of Maine nonprofit news spotlights Maine Community Foundation's Downeast Innovation Fund grants, and change at the top for Engine in Biddeford.
Updated: December 15, 2020
Two new promotions seek to shore up Maine's seafood industry
December 14, 2020Seafood producers worldwide face the challenge of rapidly changing markets. In Maine, the industry is responding with two new promotions to drive demand at home and in restaurants.
December 14, 2020
Whole Oceans wants to expand footprint of planned Bucksport salmon farm
December 11, 2020The company, which recently moved its headquarters from Portland to Bucksport, near the site, is seeking to add a 10-acre parcel to the facility plans.
December 11, 2020
Fishing community, others respond to tragedy of lost Portland vessel
December 8, 2020Since the sinking of the commercial fishing boat Emmy Rose two weeks ago, there's been an outpouring of support for the families of the four crew members who perished. Commercial fishing is one of the country's most hazardous occupations.
December 8, 2020
Nordic Aquafarms receives three state permits for Belfast salmon operation
December 4, 2020The approvals get Nordic Aquafarms another step closer to its goal of building one of the world’s largest indoor salmon farms on a 54-acre site off Route 1 in Belfast.
December 4, 2020
Portland fishing boat sunk off Massachusetts; search underway for 4 crew
November 23, 2020The Coast Guard received an emergency signal from the 82-foot Emmy Rose early Monday and later found debris and an empty life raft. Searchers were combing an area 20 miles northeast of Provincetown, Mass.
November 23, 2020
Fishery group pans loss of fishing ground in Mills offshore wind plan
Updated: November 23, 2020Renewable energy solutions shouldn't be developed at the expense of fishermen, seafood providers and fishing communities, says one industry leader. The state last week issued a plan to create a 16-square-mile offshore wind research array in the Gulf
Updated: November 23, 2020
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