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Fisheries & Marine
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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
After difficult summer, BIW receives $146M Navy contract, inks union contract
November 17, 2020Bath Iron Works will continue maintaining and modernizing Burke-class destroyers under the new contract modification. Another contract, with a union representing security workers, went into effect this week.
November 17, 2020Trade deal advance could mean reopened European market for Maine lobster
Updated: November 12, 2020A 2017 trade agreement reduced tariffs to zero on live Canadian lobsters and eliminated tariffs on frozen and processed Canadian lobsters, putting American lobster exporters at a competitive disadvantage.
Updated: November 12, 2020
Maine's $2.9B outdoor recreation industry still going strong, national report shows
November 11, 2020Statistics from the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis show that the sector supported 40,069 jobs in Maine in 2019.
November 11, 2020
Q&A: CEO of Portland seafood startup is out to show Maine can produce premium fish
Updated: November 11, 2020Most seafood in the U.S. is imported, while finfish quotas in the Northeast go underutilized due to low prices. A new company is training fishermen in premium fish handling techniques to generate top prices.
Updated: November 11, 2020
Maine’s farm, fish, forest industries show shrinking economic impact since 2015
Updated: November 10, 2020The number of farms is down but jobs are up in the Northeast. In Maine, economic impact has declined by $2 billion since the last report in 2015.
Updated: November 10, 2020
Aquaculture group releases first benchmarking report, business planning tools
Updated: November 5, 2020Maine’s aquaculture industry is growing, thanks to interest from veteran commercial fishermen as well as young entrepreneurs. The Maine Aquaculture Association has released new tools to support the growth.
Updated: November 5, 2020
$5.2M rehab of waterfront lab in Walpole will build research and business capacity
Updated: November 3, 2020Infrastructure dating back half a century will be rebuilt. “We’re bringing the laboratory into the 21st century,” said the center’s director, Heather Leslie.
Updated: November 3, 2020Letter: Maine aquaculture industry needs companies of all sizes
Updated: November 2, 2020The clean, cold waters of Maine produce arguably some of the best seafood in the world, both wild caught and farmed.
Updated: November 2, 2020
Right whale estimate plummets while Maine lobstermen await restrictions
October 28, 2020The critically endangered species declined from just over 400 to about 360. Conservation organizations continue to call for reducing the number of fishing lines in the water and requiring vessels to slow when right whales are present.
October 28, 2020
How aquaculture’s pivot to direct distribution could go beyond pandemic
Updated: October 27, 2020Mainebiz asked Sebastian Belle, executive director of the Maine Aquaculture Association, how the pandemic shutdown of restaurants has affected Maine's aquaculture industry and what's ahead for the industry.
Updated: October 27, 2020
Pandemic drives cancellation of popular Maine Fishermen’s Forum
Updated: October 23, 2020The three-day conference typically attracts hundreds of attendees. But the president of the event's organizing group said, “There is no possible way that we can protect our forum participants in such a tight environment.”
Updated: October 23, 2020
Salmon farm planned for Maine Fair Trade Lobster site in Gouldsboro
October 19, 2020Unlike land-based salmon farms now under development in Belfast and Bucksport, the American Aquafarms site would use closed deep-water pens for raising fish.
October 19, 2020
Skin care startup looks to a familiar Maine source for ingredient — lobster
October 19, 2020Two entrepreneurs, UMaine grad students, have developed a skin care product that uses a protein derived from lobster to tackle eczema. They've partnered with Luke's Lobster to source the protein and found a New Jersey manufacturer to produce the
October 19, 2020
Despite an uncertain start to the fishery's season, lobster rolls on
Updated: October 19, 2020In Stonington, a town synonymous with the iconic Maine industry, the lobstering season almost wasn't. Instead, it thrived, but not in the way lobstermen there anticipated eight months ago.
Updated: October 19, 2020
GMRI awarded $1.27M to help Maine fisheries overcome climate challenges
October 8, 2020Funding comes from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Climate Program Office, which announced $48.7 million in competitive awards to 79 new projects.
October 8, 2020
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