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New scallop farming techniques deployed
December 8, 2017Father-and-son fishermen Marsden and Bob Brewer have deployed a Japanese technique for farming Atlantic sea scallops, using lantern nets — the first of its kind in Penobscot Bay.
December 8, 2017
Plenty of scallops, but prices are low
December 7, 2017The price for scallops so far this season is considerably lower than last year.
December 7, 2017
Maine Lobster Marketing Collaborative responds to questions about its effectiveness
December 5, 2017The Maine Lobster Marketing Collaborative, which has spent $6.25 million over four years to market lobsters to well-known chefs and at restaurant events nationwide, is seeking to extend its contract beyond 2018, when the current five-year marketing
December 5, 2017
Despite Maine's objections, no shrimp harvesting for another year
December 1, 2017The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's shrimp board has voted to ban shrimp fishing in the Gulf of Maine for another year.
December 1, 2017Proposed offshore fishing rules could open some closed areas
November 28, 2017The National Marine Fisheries Service has released the proposed Omnibus Essential Fish Habitat Amendment which, if enacted, could mean big changes in how the government manages commercial fishing in the Gulf of Maine, Georges Bank and southern New
November 28, 2017
Portland floats mixed-use plan to give Ocean Terminal new life
November 27, 2017Portland city officials will brief the city's Economic Development Committee on plans to redevelop the 1920s-era Portland Ocean Terminal on the Maine State Pier into a mixed-use space anchored by a public seafood market and business incubator.
November 27, 2017
State holding lottery for its most lucrative per-pound fishery
November 15, 2017Starting Nov. 15, the Department of Marine Resources will be implementing a lottery for the state's lucrative elver fishery, to allow at least seven new licenses to be issued for the 2018 season, which starts March 22, 2018.
November 15, 2017
Canada's trade agreement with Europe pinches Maine lobster industry
November 14, 2017A new trade agreement between Canada and the European Union that has cut tariffs on imports of Canadian lobsters could give Canada's lobster industry the edge over Maine's.
November 14, 2017
NOAA awards $1.1M in grants to boost aquaculture research
November 7, 2017Two awards from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will support seaweed and blue mussel aquaculture research projects in Maine.
November 7, 2017
DowDuPont completes purchase of FMC plant in Rockland
November 3, 2017DowDuPont now owns the FMC Corp.'s waterfront carrageenan plant that is Rockland's largest taxpayer.
November 3, 2017
Oyster farms popping up in southern Maine
October 27, 2017Two Scarborough shellfish harvesters are seeking to be the first residents to operate commercial oyster farms in their town.
October 27, 2017
King promotes lobster emoji on NBC Nightly News
October 26, 2017U.S. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, promoted the idea of adding a lobster emoji to the Unicode Consortium as part of an NBC Nightly News segment with correspondent Harry Smith.
October 26, 2017
Bigelow Lab appoints new president and CEO
October 26, 2017Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences announced that its board of trustees has appointed Deborah Bronk to be its next president and CEO. She will assume her new role at the nonprofit marine research institute in East Boothbay on March 1, 2018.
October 26, 2017
Elver quota set for 2018 season
October 25, 2017The American Eel Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission has set a quota of 9,688 pounds of elvers for Maine harvesters during the 2018 fishing season.
October 25, 2017
$100K grant to enable Buxton seaweed company to scale up
October 23, 2017VitaminSea LLC, a family-owned seaweed harvesting and processing company based in Buxton, received a Phase I $10,000 grant through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Small Business Innovation Research Program to fund a concept study for larger-
October 23, 2017
Maine to benefit most if shrimp fishery reopens
October 23, 2017Maine will receive 80% of the total allowable catch of shrimp, if and when the fishery reopens.
October 23, 2017
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