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MTI seeks applications for $2M in innovation funding
Renee Cordes February 19, 2020The Maine Technology Institute is accepting applications for a new round of funds, to be awarded in individual amounts up to $500,000.
Renee Cordes February 19, 2020
Portland-based Diversified Communications acquires UK aquaculture trade show
Staff Updated: February 10, 2020The trade show, Aquaculture UK, expects to draw 25% more attendees this year than at its last gathering. Diversified is expanding its portfolio of international events that target aquatic industries.
Staff Updated: February 10, 2020
Saco's seafood cluster: Location, affordable space are netting new businesses
Laurie Schreiber Updated: February 10, 2020With easy transportation access, plentiful real estate and a business-friendly environment, parts of Saco are becoming a hub for more of Maine's seafood processors and distributors.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: February 10, 2020Culinary events seek to build demand for Maine's underappreciated fish
Laurie Schreiber Updated: February 4, 2020“What’s the Catch?” is a series of events seeking to build consumer awareness of little-known fish species and highlight Maine fishermen and the working waterfront. The events are collaboration of the Maine Coast Fishermen’s Association and Luke’s
Laurie Schreiber Updated: February 4, 2020
Fishing industry mourns loss of two respected lobstermen
Staff Updated: January 27, 2020The state's fishing community is mourning the loss of lobster boat captain Joe Nickerson of Arundel and his crew Christopher Pinkham of Boothbay Harbor, both of whom died at sea off Portland while fishing last week.
Staff Updated: January 27, 2020Delegation demands China's compliance on lobsters
Renee Cordes Updated: January 24, 2020Maine's congressional delegation is pressing the Trump administration to hold China accountable for its commitment to purchase lobster in the recently announced U.S.-China trade deal.
Renee Cordes Updated: January 24, 2020
Conflict of interest alleged in Brunswick oyster farm appeal
Staff January 20, 2020A legal appeal to stop development of a new oyster farm in Maquoit Bay, off Brunswick, alleges the plan represents a conflict of interest and a violation of the public trust.
Staff January 20, 2020New trade deal a boon for Maine's lobster industry, perhaps
Staff January 16, 2020A new trade deal between the U.S. and China includes a provision expected to boost purchases of Maine lobster. But the deal doesn’t specify how much, nor does it remove existing tariffs.
Staff January 16, 2020
Kingfish Zeeland to begin fish production at UMaine’s aquaculture incubator
Staff Updated: January 16, 2020The Dutch company Kingfish Zeeland, which hopes to build an aquaculture facility in Jonesport, may get started on it at the University of Maine’s Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research in Franklin.
Staff Updated: January 16, 2020
New England Ocean Cluster to take over part of science center space
Renee Cordes January 14, 2020It will go into second floor space in the former Portland Science Center, on Portland's waterfront.
Renee Cordes January 14, 2020Bar Harbor Catering Co. takes over 80-year-old restaurant
Staff Updated: January 9, 2020Founded in 2009, the woman-run business in Bar Harbor is taking over operation of Abel’s Lobster Pound, a seasonal, waterfront restaurant that has been in operation since 1939 and has attracted generations of diners.
Staff Updated: January 9, 2020
20 on '20: Lobster fishery remains strong, but whale regulation looms
Laurie Schreiber Updated: January 13, 2020Lobstering, Maine's most valuable fishing industry, faces a new round of potentially drastic regulations in order to protect the endangered North Atlantic right whale.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: January 13, 2020
20 on '20: Maine's boatbuilding industry pushes for diversified revenue
Peter Van Allen Updated: January 13, 2020The president of a Belfast boatbuilding business sees new types of projects and new technology on the horizon. But prospects could be affected by changes in another industry.
Peter Van Allen Updated: January 13, 2020
Maine submits right whale proposal to federal regulators
Staff Updated: January 6, 2020A new proposal calls for maintaining current rules on endlines inshore but also includes reductions of endlines beyond state waters. The goal is to reduce what the state called “the presumed risk” of an entanglement by whales in lobster gear.
Staff Updated: January 6, 2020
Tall Ships America pitches bicentennial visits to Maine port communities
Laurie Schreiber January 3, 2020The nonprofit group has approached some of Maine’s port communities about hosting visits by the historic sailing vessels, as part of the state’s bicentennial this year. Boothbay Harbor has already signed on.
Laurie Schreiber January 3, 2020
Nordic Aquafarms application soon to enter 'hyperdrive' in Belfast review
Laurie Schreiber Updated: January 2, 2020The Belfast Planning Board is scheduled to hold the last of its public hearings on components of the application to build a salmon farm, and will begin to consider the project as a whole.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: January 2, 2020
Today's Poll
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?
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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.
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