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As some fisheries crashed, lobster and aquaculture filled the gap
Updated: April 29, 2019Maine’s wild fisheries have experienced numerous challenges over the past 25 years. A booming lobster resource has helped keep fishermen employed. And emerging aquaculture sectors are viewed as having great potential for diversifying the economy.
Updated: April 29, 2019
Fisherman's Wharf developer: Waterfront's big issue is traffic
April 23, 2019A Portland developer who's already altered a mixed-use development plan for Fisherman's Pier in light of concerns about the city's working waterfront, says the issue is more about traffic and a traditional waterfront that includes a variety of uses
April 23, 2019
Lobster industry caught in crosshairs as regulators eye right whale protections
April 23, 2019The Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Team is meeting this week to develop additional measures to protect the endangered North Atlantic right whale.
April 23, 2019
With new retail products, Atlantic Sea Farms seeks to expand kelp market
April 17, 2019In partnership with 16 small kelp-growing operations along the Maine coast, Atlantic Sea Farms, in Saco, is looking to reach more consumers with a number of initiatives underway.
April 17, 2019
DMR agrees to hearings on large aquaculture leases
April 16, 2019The state Department of Marine Resources has agreed to consider a proposed rulemaking change for aquaculture leases over 10 acres.
April 16, 2019
UMaine Business Challenge announces winners of the 8th annual pitch contest
April 11, 2019An aquaculture company using innovation to farm oysters in Maine is among the winners of the 2019 UMaine Business Challenge presented by Business Lending Solutions this past weekend at the University of Maine in Orono.
April 11, 2019Pushing hard to expand overseas markets
Updated: April 15, 2019Recently, I traveled to Taipei on behalf of York-based Maine Coast, one of the largest exporters of lobster in the United States. We concentrate on both North American and overseas markets. I joined the Maine Coast team in June 2018.
Updated: April 15, 2019
Marinas in Camden and Portland to receive $3M for infrastructure upgrades
April 9, 2019Two Maine marinas will receive a total of $3 million through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's 2019 Boating Infrastructure Grant program.
April 9, 2019
A possible use for invasive green crabs? Dog biscuits
April 5, 2019A team at University of Maine's School of Food And Agriculture is looking into the potential for using green crabs as an ingredient in dog biscuits.
April 5, 2019
Maine designers and Lyman-Morse win top international award for yacht
April 4, 2019Anna, a 65-foot cold-molded sailing yacht designed by Stephens Waring Yacht Design of Belfast and built by Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding Inc. of Thomaston, won a top international award that's made yearly to “classic” boat constructions and restorations
April 4, 2019
Latest court decision seen as setback for commercial harvesting of rockweed
March 29, 2019A court decision affirming that the so-called “intertidal zone” is part of privately held shorefront landownership, rather than public property, could hamper the commercial rockweed industry along Maine's coast.
March 29, 2019
Petition seeks moratorium on large aquaculture leases
March 21, 2019Save Maquoit Bay, a group formed to address issues with aquaculture, and lobstermen from around the state have submitted a petition to the Department of Marine Resources requesting an immediate moratorium on aquaculture leases greater than 10 acres
March 21, 2019
Cooke acquires California seafood distributor
March 20, 2019Cooke Inc., an aquaculture company based in New Brunswick that has salmon farms and hatcheries in Maine, has acquired All Seas Wholesale Inc., a California-based distributor of fresh and frozen seafood.
March 20, 2019
Once stymied by China tariff, lobster dealer finds a workaround
March 18, 2019Tom Adams, CEO of Maine Coast lobster wholesale company in York, said he's found ways to make up revenue that was lost when a 25% tariff was implemented last July on imports of lobster to China.
March 18, 2019
New law resolves years-old Acadia acquisition of Schoodic land
March 14, 2019A law signed Tuesday allows Acadia National Park to accept 1,400 acres, including the Schoodic Woods Campground and Trails, and affirms traditional clam and worm harvesting in the park.
March 14, 2019
New Seaweed Week seeks to expand market
March 8, 2019Seaweed Week is being organized for April 26 through May 4 in Portland to spotlight businesses that champion sea vegetables and challenge others to start innovating with them.
March 8, 2019
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