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Luke's Lobster continues rapid expansion
August 7, 2017Luke Holden's calm demeanor belies his fast-paced life. The co-founder of Luke's Lobster, which started in 2009, opened his 24th U.S. shack in Philadelphia on July 21, and plans to open another in Manhattan in a few weeks.
August 7, 2017Bigelow Lab lands grant to study life below the ocean floor
July 28, 2017Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in East Boothbay landed a $445,041 award from the National Science Foundation to fund a project studying life in the low-energy habitat beneath the ocean floor.
July 28, 2017Brunswick shellfish harvester to try state's first clam farm
July 28, 2017A Brunswick shellfish harvester awaits word from the Maine Department of Marine Resources on his proposal to lease an acre of intertidal land in the New Meadows watershed to establish an experimental clam farm.
July 28, 2017
New law cracks down on lobstering outlaws
July 26, 2017A bill sponsored by state Sen. Brian Langley, R-Ellsworth, to impose harsher penalties for violations in the lobster fishery has gone into effect.
July 26, 2017
Maine Food Insider: Seaweed harvester focusing on business as crucial court date nears
July 26, 2017Acadian Seaplants, one of the largest rockweed harvesters in the world, is doing business as usual while the Maine Supreme Judicial Court reviews a lower court's ruling regarding harvesting rockweed in the state's intertidal zones without permission
July 26, 2017
Lobster catch down, prices remain steady
July 14, 2017Maine's lobster catch is lower than recent years at this time of the season, but that hasn't translated into higher prices for consumers.
July 14, 2017
Mishaps mar Down East Magazine's first lobster roll festival
July 10, 2017Down East Magazine issued an apology to those attendees of its inaugural Down East Lobster Roll Festival Saturday who became disgruntled when the festival ran out of food after more people showed up than organizers had anticipated.
July 10, 2017
Which chef will earn title of 'World's Best Lobster Roll' creator?
July 7, 2017Bragging rights for creator of the “world's best lobster roll” are on the line as 12 chefs compete for that title in Down East Magazine's Lobster Roll Festival that will take place from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday at Thompson's Point in Portland.
July 7, 2017
Return of green slime threatens Greater Portland mudflats
July 6, 2017Green slime caused by nuisance algal blooms has returned to Casco Bay's mudflats, threatening shellfish harvesting in the affected coves.
July 6, 2017Baitfish are back — and lobstermen are breathing easier
June 30, 2017After being pinched by a shortage of baitfish and high prices, lobstermen are getting a reprieve as baitfish return and prices start declining.
June 30, 2017Portland seafood processor fined $550K for violating import laws
June 29, 2017ISF Trading Co., a seafood processor in Portland, has been fined $552,500 for violating import laws when it purchased Canadian sea urchins from a supplier not authorized under Canadian law to export them to the United States.
June 29, 2017
‘Maine After Midnight’: Dallas chefs get taste of Maine lobster
June 23, 2017In one of Texas' largest restaurant hubs, the Maine Lobster Marketing Collaborative hosted an event this week to bring the taste and history of Maine's iconic lobster to both veteran chefs and rising stars in Dallas.
June 23, 2017
New food mantra for Maine: ‘Pass the green crab empanadas, please’?
June 20, 2017University of Maine researchers are looking into possible food uses for green crabs that could lead to the commercial harvest of the invasive clam-eating species.
June 20, 2017Fish kill seen as bait-fish windfall for lobstermen
June 19, 2017Lobstermen and other shellfish harvesters are assisting local efforts today to clean up a massive fish kill of “hundreds of thousands” of menhaden floating in the water and along the shores of Middle and Maquoit bays in Brunswick.
June 19, 2017
Maine elver harvest tops $12 million as season ends
June 13, 2017Maine elver harvesters caught 9,282 pounds of baby eels this season, with a reported value of $12.09 million and an average price per pound of $1,302.
June 13, 2017
Owner of Bremen lobster co-op expanding into aquaculture
June 12, 2017The new owner of the Bremen Lobster Pound Co-op is reintroducing aquaculture to the co-op's traditional function of being a base of operations for local lobstermen and commercial fishermen.
June 12, 2017
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