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Aquaculture group releases first benchmarking report, business planning tools

Laurie Schreiber Updated: November 5, 2020

Maine’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.

Laurie Schreiber Updated: November 5, 2020
$5.2M rehab of waterfront lab in Walpole will build research and business capacity

Laurie Schreiber Updated: November 3, 2020

Infrastructure dating back half a century will be rebuilt. “We’re bringing the laboratory into the 21st century,” said the center’s director, Heather Leslie.

Laurie Schreiber Updated: November 3, 2020
Letter: Maine aquaculture industry needs companies of all sizes

Updated: November 2, 2020

The 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

Staff October 28, 2020

The 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.

Staff October 28, 2020
How aquaculture’s pivot to direct distribution could go beyond pandemic

Laurie Schreiber Updated: October 27, 2020

Mainebiz 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.

Laurie Schreiber Updated: October 27, 2020
Pandemic drives cancellation of popular Maine Fishermen’s Forum

Laurie Schreiber Updated: October 23, 2020

The 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.”

Laurie Schreiber Updated: October 23, 2020
Salmon farm planned for Maine Fair Trade Lobster site in Gouldsboro

Staff October 19, 2020

Unlike land-based salmon farms now under development in Belfast and Bucksport, the American Aquafarms site would use closed deep-water pens for raising fish.

Staff October 19, 2020
Skin care startup looks to a familiar Maine source for ingredient — lobster

Laurie Schreiber October 19, 2020

Two 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

Laurie Schreiber October 19, 2020
Despite an uncertain start to the fishery's season, lobster rolls on

Laurie Schreiber Updated: October 19, 2020

In 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.

Laurie Schreiber Updated: October 19, 2020
GMRI awarded $1.27M to help Maine fisheries overcome climate challenges

Staff October 8, 2020

Funding comes from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Climate Program Office, which announced $48.7 million in competitive awards to 79 new projects.

Staff October 8, 2020
Next: Briana Warner made kelp tasty — and by January it will be in 700 stores

Laurie Schreiber Updated: October 5, 2020

Working with over two dozen Maine suppliers and heading a Saco kelp processor, Warner aims to more than triple last year's production during 2021. While still small compared to the global industry, the business is making seaweed Maine-stream.

Laurie Schreiber Updated: October 5, 2020
The Mainebiz 2020 Next List: 8 dynamic individuals changing Maine’s economy

Staff Updated: October 5, 2020

These remarkable men and women are not only adding to the state's economy, they're demonstrating leadership at a time when Maine needs it most.

Staff Updated: October 5, 2020
Luke’s Lobster, Island Institute launching e-commerce platform for seafood producers

Laurie Schreiber September 30, 2020

Luke’s Lobster, a seafood company headquartered in Portland, and the Island Institute, a community development nonprofit in Rockland, have partnered to build an e-commerce platform for seafood producers.

Laurie Schreiber September 30, 2020
New site off Maine coast could make it easier, safer to dredge the state's harbors

William Hall September 29, 2020

A new federally created site for disposing dredge material will replace one slated to close next year, and may offer some advantages. Meanwhile, Portland Harbor has been denied federal funds for its own dredging project.

William Hall September 29, 2020
Land-based aquaculture proposal in Jonesport receives critical permit

Staff Updated: September 29, 2020

The permit is a key step toward building the facility in the Washington County town. Kingfish Maine is proposing a plant that can annually produce 6,000 to 8,000 metric tons of yellowtail kingfish.

Staff Updated: September 29, 2020
Boothbay philanthropist donates $20K to fishermen's relief fund

Staff Updated: September 28, 2020

There’s plenty of lobster, said one fisherman. But the industry is facing a host of challenges, and a Boothbay-area real estate investor is stepping in to help.

Staff Updated: September 28, 2020

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With the official end of summer this past weekend, we're taking a look back at how the season unfolded.

Back in early August, we asked how the summer tourism season was going — and at the time, the majority of respondents told us it could be better. And remember, the season started very rainy and ended amid a drought.

Now that the season has wrapped up, we're checking in again to see how things ended. Did things improve? Did tourism pick up later in the summer, or did the season fall short of expectations?

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