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Handful of lucky Mainers win right to apply for lucrative elver licenses
January 25, 2018In the first lottery since 2013 in the lucrative elver fishery, the Maine Department of Marine Resources awarded the right to apply for an elver license to 11 Mainers. 3,136 people applied for the licenses.
January 25, 2018
Maine lobster population could be at 'tipping point' in Gulf of Maine
January 23, 2018A new study, led by scientists at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute and colleagues at the University of Maine and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, says that industry conservation of the lobster resource could be key to
January 23, 2018Whale entanglements prompt lawsuit against feds
January 19, 2018The Center for Biological Diversity, Defenders of Wildlife and The Humane Society of the United States have filed suit against the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Marine Fisheries Service to force the agency to impose
January 19, 2018Quota for cod going up as stocks show slight rebound
January 16, 2018The fishing quota for Atlantic cod is scheduled for a slight increase on May 1 in the Gulf of Maine and on Georges Bank.
January 16, 2018
King, Collins support bipartisan ban on New England offshore drilling
January 12, 2018U.S Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Angus King, I-Maine, have joined their New England colleagues in introducing a measure that would prohibit offshore drilling along the region's coast.
January 12, 2018
Rhode Island company buys Boothbay Harbor Shipyard
January 11, 2018Rhode Island-based Bristol Marine has acquired the Boothbay Harbor Shipyard. Located at the head of Boothbay Harbor, the shipyard joins Bristol Marine's other locations in Bristol, R.I., and Somerset, Mass. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
January 11, 2018
Four Maine-based executives weigh in on key sectors of state's economy
January 8, 2018With the new year upon us, Mainebiz interviewed four executives to get a short-term outlook for their Maine-based businesses and industries: construction, banking, seafood and manufacturing.
January 8, 2018Sprague's Portland marine complex plan back on track
January 2, 2018A plan to build a marine business complex on Portland's western waterfront is back on track — with Phineas Sprague Jr., through a company called Canal Landing, proposing to construct three buildings and boat storage areas across eight acres.
January 2, 2018Cate Street Capital to back hydroponic project at St. Joseph's College
January 2, 2018Cate Street Capital of Portsmouth, N.H., is backing a new hydroponics operation called Organic Nutrition Inc., which plans to grow farm-raised fish, and use the fish waste to grow produce.
January 2, 2018
Fishermen express concerns about offshore wind turbines
December 27, 2017New England fishermen are concerned about difficulties with navigation and gear conflicts if the offshore wind industry installs more turbines in traditional fishing grounds.
December 27, 2017
Maine Coast builds its leadership team to keep pace with growth
December 19, 2017Tom Adams, Maine Coast's founder and CEO, didn't have to look far to find an experienced vice president of sales and marketing for his York-based company that has seen its worldwide sales of lobsters grow 125% over the past three years.
December 19, 2017
Longtime fisheries activist Robin Alden fęted as she retires
December 19, 2017More than 170 friends and colleagues from all aspects of Robin Alden's 45-year career as fisheries journalist and activist attended a celebration at the Samoset Resort in Rockland marking her retirement as executive director of Maine Center for
December 19, 2017Zinke recommends commercial fishing in Atlantic national monument
December 15, 2017U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has recommended that commercial fishing activity resume in the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, which lies outside the Gulf of Maine.
December 15, 2017House panel approves bill to let clammers dig near Acadia
December 14, 2017The U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources unanimously approved a bill that let wormers and clammers dig near the Acadia National Park Shoreline, Maine Public reported on its website.
December 14, 2017
Top Gun expands to include aquaculture startups
December 12, 2017The Maine Center for Entrepreneurial Development and its partners are expanding next year's Top Gun entrepreneurship program to include companies in the aquaculture sector.
December 12, 2017New rules proposed for herring fishery, a prime source of lobster bait
December 12, 2017The New England Fishery Management Council has released a new suite of proposed rules for the Atlantic herring fishery, which is a prime bait source for Maine's lobster industry.
December 12, 2017
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