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Fisheries & Marine
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In fragile lobster economy, Maine marketing group targets home cooks
August 26, 2020Maine's lobster industry, battered by tariffs and the pandemic, is focusing marketing efforts on home cooks. Visits to the Maine Lobster Marketing Collaborative "Shipped to your home" web page more than doubled last month.
August 26, 2020
New pitch competition aims to help Maine's marine and coastal businesses
August 25, 2020Maine Sea Grant hopes to tap into the Maine coast's "tradition of ingenuity" by launching a pitch competition that offers winners up to $15,000 for new or existing projects.
August 25, 2020
BIW machinists union approves new contract, ending nine-week strike
August 24, 2020Union employees at Bath Iron Works voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new contract proposal after often contentious negotiations. The deal ends the longest strike in least two decades for the International Association of Machinists & Aerospace
August 24, 2020
European Union ends lobster tariff, 'levels the playing field' for Maine's industry
August 24, 2020In a retroactive agreement, the European Union’s elimination of tariffs resuscitates a market for U.S. lobster that was worth $111 million in 2017.
August 24, 2020Maine delegation urges USDA to provide relief funds to lobster industry
August 20, 2020U.S. lobster exports to China were growing rapidly until China imposed tariffs in 2018. The following year, lobster exports to China fell nearly 50%.
August 20, 2020
Federal money to help aquaculture producers deal with effects of pandemic
August 19, 2020The trade association will meet one-on-one with business owners to provide training, assistance and COVID-specific tools.
August 19, 2020
Growing aquaculture industry looks to workforce training
August 18, 2020The industry is valuable for the economic and cultural value it brings to working waterfront communities—particularly as opportunities dwindle in the wild fisheries.
August 18, 2020
Whole Oceans moves its office from Portland to Bucksport as aquaculture plans continue
August 11, 2020The company has moved into the building at 52 Main St. vacated by the Bucksport Bay Area Chamber of Commerce, while development of the nearby Verso paper mill site into an aquaculture center continues.
August 11, 2020
BIW, machinists union reach tentative contract agreement to end strike
Updated: August 10, 2020A deal worked out late Friday would continue to restrict Bath Iron Work's use of subcontractors, while protecting worker seniority privileges and providing a modest wage increase. Union members still have to vote on the agreement.
Updated: August 10, 2020
Belfast salmon company lawsuit raises questions about ‘Maine’ marketing
August 6, 2020Ducktrap River of Maine, founded in Lincolnville over 40 years ago, is the subject of a suit that alleges misleading marketing and advertising.
August 6, 2020Maine lobster fishery to lose sustainability certification
Updated: August 5, 2020A lawsuit around the preservation of the endangered North Atlantic right whale, brought by a group of conservation organizations, resulted in the suspension.
Updated: August 5, 2020
Navatek and UMaine win $5M Navy contract for research into 3D manufacturing
Updated: July 29, 2020The goal is to develop new tools and technology to design unmanned surface vessels using a modular approach to vessel structural design.
Updated: July 29, 2020How the lobster became the iconic Maine symbol
Updated: July 27, 2020Long ago, lobsters were so plentiful that Native Americans used them as fertilizer and bait.
Updated: July 27, 2020
Rugged Seas entrepreneurs emerge out of pandemic
Updated: July 27, 2020The company, launched in the midst of the pandemic, converts waders and bibs used by commercial fishermen into totes, backpacks and more. Now the startup is even considering a brick-and-mortar retail store.
Updated: July 27, 2020
Hinckley leads adoption of fiberglass for boatbuilding in the 1950s
Updated: July 27, 2020When the Hinckley Co. was founded, in 1928 in Southwest Harbor, owner Henry Hinckley’s focus was on servicing the local lobster boats as well as the yachts of summer residents on Mount Desert Island.
Updated: July 27, 2020
Union in BIW strike asks Navy secretary for guidance
July 21, 2020Bath Iron Works' largest labor union says the Navy is encouraging the use of subcontractors, which is one of the key areas of disagreement in the month-long strike.
July 21, 2020
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