Fisheries & Marine

Processing Your Payment

Please do not leave this page until complete. This can take a few moments.

Login

Login to your account

Due to our new system upgrade, we are requesting all existing users to update their password.
Create a new password

Email

Password

Remember me

Please wait...

Forgot your password ?

Don't have an account? Register
Register
Subscribe

GM who led transition at Portland Fish Exchange to step down

Staff Updated: July 8, 2020

The Portland Fish Exchange's longtime general manager, Bert Jongerden, will retire at the end of the year. He established new sources of revenue and oversaw the transition, in 2008, to an internet-based platform, replacing the traditional "outcry"

Staff Updated: July 8, 2020
Dutch company moves to permitting for Jonesport aquaculture site

Staff Updated: July 8, 2020

Kingfish Maine, a subsidiary of a Dutch land-based aquaculture company, plans to file for its first permit this month to build a $110 million facility in Jonesport. A public meeting on the permitting request is scheduled for later this month.

Staff Updated: July 8, 2020
Belgrade boat shop owner must pay town $20K for unpermitted business use

Staff July 7, 2020

A dispute over whether a marina business and other uses were allowed under a permit for a boat cleaning and painting business went all the way to the state Supreme Judicial Court, which supported the town's findings.

Staff July 7, 2020
Portland seeks public input on Peaks Island ferry landing plan

Renee Cordes July 7, 2020

Improving the safety and efficiency of the infrastructure at the Peaks Island ferry landing will be addressed at a virtual public meeting this Thursday.

Renee Cordes July 7, 2020
Navy awards $132M to BIW for shipyard improvements, destroyer supplying

Staff Updated: June 29, 2020

As a strike with its largest union continues, Bath Iron Works received a contract modification to fund improvements to the shipyard and its function as a supplier base for the Navy's Arleigh Burke-class destroyers.

Staff Updated: June 29, 2020
Bar Harbor-Nova Scotia CAT ferry cancels rest of season

Staff Updated: June 29, 2020

After a decade-long hiatus, Bay Ferries had planned to resume running the CAT ferry service between Bar Harbor and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, last Friday. But the 2020 season is now canceled because of the pandemic.

Staff Updated: June 29, 2020
BIW and striking union exchange jabs over further contract talks

William Hall June 26, 2020

Bath Iron Works and the machinists union representing about 4,300 workers have traded letters over contract negotiations, but neither appears to be planning a return to the bargaining table.

William Hall June 26, 2020
Trump orders assistance for lobster industry

Staff June 25, 2020

President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum ordering assistance for lobster fishermen harmed by tariffs imposed by China in 2018 and 2019. The type and scope of assistance wasn’t specified.

Staff June 25, 2020
Machinists union strikes at BIW after month-long contract impasse

William Hall June 22, 2020

Negotiations over a new contract had broken down over disagreements about seniority privileges and the use of subcontractors. Union members rejected a final proposal this weekend by an 87% vote.

William Hall June 22, 2020
Union members begin voting on BIW contract proposal

Staff June 19, 2020

Contract negotiations between Bath Iron Works and a machinists union appear to have reached a stalemate, but union members will get their say in the balloting, which concludes Sunday. Union officials are urging a strike.

Staff June 19, 2020
Dallas company acquires Harpswell marina, plans improvements

Staff June 17, 2020

Terms were not disclosed in the announcement of Great Island Marina's purchase by Safe Harbor, which now owns and operates 100 boating facilities throughout the United States.

Staff June 17, 2020
Kittery shipyard's economic impact grew 31% last year, topped $1B

Staff June 12, 2020

The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard employed over 7,300 civilian employees in 2019, more than half of whom resided in Maine and received pay totaling $339.3 million, according to an annual study.

Staff June 12, 2020
Maine DMR issues reopening guidance for recreational boating industry

Laurie Schreiber Updated: June 11, 2020

As the state gradually reopens sectors of its economy under strict guidelines, the Department of Marine Resources has issued COVID-19 checklists specific to recreational boater services.

Laurie Schreiber Updated: June 11, 2020
BIW and its largest union tussle over contract, while yard wins $43M in new work

Staff June 10, 2020

Negotiations on the contract with a key labor union are due to conclude by Friday, with a possible vote by union members the following week. Union officials say their members are prepared to strike if necessary.

Staff June 10, 2020
Undeterred by pandemic, Lyman-Morse 'full steam ahead' on new sailboat build

Laurie Schreiber June 9, 2020

Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding in Thomaston began construction of a new sailboat model just before the pandemic hit. After a short slowdown in operations, the project is on track for a fall launch.

Laurie Schreiber June 9, 2020
Trump opens marine national monument, rallies with Puritan workers during Maine visit

Maureen Milliken June 7, 2020

During a roundtable with fishing industry representatives in Bangor Friday, President Donald Trump opened a marine monument to expanded commercial fishing and vowed to increase tariffs on the European Union, and then visited Puritan Medical Products

Maureen Milliken June 7, 2020

Most Recent

More startup incubators start up: Public and private organizations join forces to stoke entrepreneurs

Gear for growing scallops is harvesting shellfish — and awards

Making waves in Maine: ‘Lift All Boats’ program mentors teens in the art of lobstering

Today's Poll

Poll Description

Sponsored by: Kennebunk Savings Bank

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?

175 Votes
0 Comments

More Information

The Giving Guide

The Giving Guide helps nonprofits have the opportunity to showcase and differentiate their organizations so that businesses better understand how they can contribute to a nonprofit’s mission and work.

Learn More

Work for ME

Work for ME is a workforce development tool to help Maine’s employers target Maine’s emerging workforce. Work for ME highlights each industry, its impact on Maine’s economy, the jobs available to entry-level workers, the training and education needed to get a career started.

Learn More

Groundbreaking Maine

Whether you’re a developer, financer, architect, or industry enthusiast, Groundbreaking Maine is crafted to be your go-to source for valuable insights in Maine’s real estate and construction community.

Learn more

Processing Your Payment

Event Info

Award Honorees

Topics

Regions

Biweekly Issues

Special Editions

Event Info

Award Honorees