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Fisheries & Marine
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Whole Oceans readies for transition to salmon farm construction
Updated: August 9, 2019Whole Oceans, the developer of a planned recirculating aquaculture system in Bucksport, said the company has nearly completed the permit process and is nearing construction phase.
Updated: August 9, 2019
Study: Cruise ships promote return visits to Maine
Updated: August 8, 2019A new study shows that a substantial number of first-time cruise ship visitors to Maine plan to return.
Updated: August 8, 2019
Portland design firm wins $8M Navy contract for high-speed watercraft
August 7, 2019Navatek LCC, a naval design and engineering firm with a Portland office, has won an $8 million Navy contract to improve the design and manufacturing of small watercraft that can operate safely at high speed in rough seas.
August 7, 2019
Study shows ocean temperature ‘surprises’ becoming more common
August 6, 2019A new study published this week shows how marine ecosystems around the world are experiencing unusually high ocean temperatures more frequently than researchers previously expected.
August 6, 2019
Portland looks for input on Commercial Street plan
August 5, 2019The city, along with regional and state transportation planners, will discuss approaches to managing traffic and sometimes competing uses along Portland's busy Commercial Street.
August 5, 2019
Mackerel, small but economically important, hits 'overfished' list
August 5, 2019For the first time, the Atlantic mackerel — native to the Gulf of Maine — has been added to a federal list of overfished species.
August 5, 2019
Deal for Portland wharf has potential for DiMillo’s brokerage expansion
Updated: August 6, 2019Christopher DiMillo, founder and president of DiMillo’s Yacht Sales, purchased Berlin Mills Wharf, at 400 Commercial St. in Portland, for $4 million as an investment opportunity with a variety of potential uses.
Updated: August 6, 2019
Women to Watch: Betsy Biemann, CEO with a single vision, many solutions for Maine prosperity
Updated: August 5, 2019Betsy Biemann is CEO of Coastal Enterprises Inc., a community development financial institution based in Brunswick. But her business card could include a host of other job descriptions.
Updated: August 5, 2019
Car dealership expansions among Maine projects underway
Updated: August 5, 2019A Topsham real estate firm is in the middle of building or expanding new sites for three Ford dealerships, in South Portland, Thomaston and Brunswick. And a Belfast boatyard is going upscale.
Updated: August 5, 2019
Marine algae for pet supplements? Startup rolls out commercial product
July 29, 2019At Brunswick Landing’s TechPlace, Field Phyto-Nutrients has perfected a production process that uses algae and now has its first commercial algae-based pet health supplement in commercial production.
July 29, 2019
Next month's Rockland boat show will have a 'green' theme
Updated: July 25, 2019The Maine Boat & Home Show, Aug. 9-11 in Rockland, is implementing a variety of environment-friendly practices. Exhibitors with green products will also be at the show.
Updated: July 25, 2019
Boatbuilders are applying complex technology in other industries
Updated: July 29, 2019On any given day, the 15,000-square-foot fabrication facility at Lyman-Morse, the Thomaston builder of luxury yachts, is humming with the sound of industrial-scale machinery.
Updated: July 29, 2019
Q&A: Luke’s Lobster’s global expansion comes home to Maine
Updated: July 29, 2019Luke’s Lobster was founded by Luke Holden and Ben Conniff in 2009, when they opened their first eatery in Manhattan’s East Village.
Updated: July 29, 2019
Feds award $200K for Penobscot River restoration
July 22, 2019The grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will continue work to restore habitats for sea-run fish, such as Atlantic salmon. The grant is one of only six habitat-focused awards made this year.
July 22, 2019
Lobstermen, under pressure from regulations, call for preservation of their livelihood
July 22, 2019Lobstermen from Machias to Boothbay Harbor gathered July 21 on the Stonington Commercial Fish Pier to draw greater attention to the issues facing the survival of their industry.
July 22, 2019
State deals setback to opponents of aquaculture lease on Maquoit Bay
July 18, 2019The Maine Department of Marine Resources has rejected a citizens petition that requested a moratorium on aquaculture leases of over 10 acres. The petition was intended to block a proposed lease in Maquoit Bay, but would have applied statewide.
July 18, 2019
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