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Briana Warner named CEO of Ocean Approved
June 12, 2018Ocean Approved Inc. announced today that its board of directors has unanimously chosen Briana Warner, senior community development officer at the Island Institute, as the company's next chief executive officer.
June 12, 2018
Cultivator program prepares startup companies for second-level growth
June 11, 2018Ryan Wilson was working for a farm and doing deliveries to restaurants, when he started asking chefs what they wanted that they couldn't get. “They said 'duck,'” he recalls. “So I grew six ducks.”
June 11, 2018
Elver fishermen push for higher quota, say resource isn’t endangered
June 8, 2018Despite the abrupt end to the elver season last month due to poaching, elver fishermen continue to support an increase in Maine's annual catch limit.
June 8, 2018
Nordic Aquafarms to host forum on aquaculture and Maine seafood
June 6, 2018As part of its ongoing commitment to provide the public with information about its proposed salmon farm in Belfast, Nordic Aquafarms will host a panel discussion on aquaculture and its place in the Maine seafood industry.
June 6, 2018In face of resource decline, clam harvesters eye clam farming
June 5, 2018The future of clamming could lie in seeding and growing clams in tidal areas, to mitigate declines of the wild resource.
June 5, 2018Conservation group reaches deal to protect wild Atlantic salmon
May 31, 2018The Atlantic Salmon Federation has joined with the North Atlantic Salmon Fund to close a deal with Greenland and Faroe Island fishermen to protect wild Atlantic salmon from commercial fishing.
May 31, 2018
State shuts down elver season two weeks early due to illegal sales
May 24, 2018Illegal sales of elvers led to an early shut-down of the fishery, effective today, and could jeopardize the future of the lucrative fishery, the Maine Department of Marine Resources stated in a news release on Wednesday.
May 24, 2018
As Gulf of Maine warms, will black sea bass make up for declines in lobster?
May 14, 2018The Gulf of Maine's warming waters could mean that new fisheries, such as Jonah crab and black sea bass, are coming to Maine.
May 14, 2018
Nordic Aquafarms on track to start construction of land-based salmon farm in Belfast next year
May 10, 2018Nordic Aquafarms has completed nearly all of its due diligence on the 40-acre site in Belfast where it plans to build a state-of-the-art land-based salmon farm and is on track to begin construction next year on the first phase of the project.
May 10, 2018
Seven Maine food companies selected for 'Cultivator' accelerator program
May 7, 2018The Maine Center for Entrepreneurs and its sponsor FocusMaine selected seven Maine companies to participate in the 2018-19 Cultivator Food, Beverage and Agriculture Accelerator program.
May 7, 2018
Price hits $2,593 a pound for Maine’s highly prized baby eels
May 3, 2018Maine's small-but-lucrative elver fishery is on pace to set a new record.
May 3, 2018
Collins, King push for more research into warming of Gulf of Maine
May 1, 2018Citing measurements indicating record-breaking temperatures for water entering the Gulf of Maine, U.S. Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Angus King, I-Maine, have sent a letter to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration urging the agency
May 1, 2018
Promising scallop aquaculture initiative gets $600K boost
April 24, 2018The Foundation for Food and Agricultural Research awarded a $300,000 grant to CEI to investigate the economic viability of a Japanese scallop production technique that has been shown to grow scallops faster as well as produce larger yields of meat.
April 24, 2018
Mechanical rockweed harvesting sparks concerns on Deer Isle
April 19, 2018Residents of Stonington and Deer Isle expressed concern about noise from the machinery used to harvest rockweed in their area, as well as the potential for bycatch and the impact of harvesting on biodiversity.
April 19, 2018
Zoning change advances Nordic Aquafarms' $150M project in Belfast
April 19, 2018Belfast City Council unanimously approved a zoning ordinance change on Tuesday night that allows Nordic Aquafarms to move forward on its $150 million Phase 1 project to build one of the world's largest indoor salmon farms on a 40-acre site off Route
April 19, 2018
Maine lands $700K federal grant to protect endangered whales
April 10, 2018The Maine Department of Marine Resources has been awarded a grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to improve data used to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales.
April 10, 2018
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