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Fisheries & Marine

  • Proposed Portland cold storage needs height allowance

    January 23, 2017

    The Port Authority of Maine's plans for a 120,000-square-foot cold storage facility on the western waterfront will be presented in a workshop with the Portland Planning Board Tuesday.

    January 23, 2017

  • Maine lobster on the menu for Trump inauguration

    January 19, 2017

    Donald Trump's first meal as president will include Maine lobster.

    January 19, 2017

  • Scallops surge to record price

    January 17, 2017

    Scallop fishermen are reaping record prices this year.

    January 17, 2017

  • Fishermen to help with fish surveys

    January 16, 2017

    The Northeast Fisheries Science Center in Woods Hole, Mass., plans to begin outfitting commercial fishing boats with surveying equipment to gather data on the type and number of groundfish in the Gulf of Maine.

    January 16, 2017

  • Farm Credit awards $44,250 to support farm and forest products programs

    Staff January 10, 2017

    Farm Credit Northeast AgEnhancement Program recently awarded $44,250 to 20 organizations in the Northeast to promote agriculture, support young and beginning farmer initiatives and fund agricultural youth programs.

    Staff January 10, 2017

  • Conservation groups team up to buy forestland in Piscataquis County

    Staff January 9, 2017

    The Forest Society of Maine has teamed up with the Appalachian Mountain Club and the Open Space Institute to acquire and conserve 4,358 acres of forestland surrounding Silver Lake and 12 miles of the West Branch of the Pleasant River in Piscataquis

    Staff January 9, 2017

  • Controversial mining regs get nod from Maine environmental board

    January 6, 2017

    The Maine Board of Environmental Protection unanimously endorsed Thursday a proposed overhaul of the state's mining regulations that received almost 500 written comments in the public comment period.

    January 6, 2017

  • Executive director of Bigelow Lab dies at 58

    December 28, 2016

    Graham Shimmield, executive director of Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, dies at 58 after a battle with cancer.

    December 28, 2016

  • Report: Arctic trading offers 'new lease on life for Maine'

    December 28, 2016

    Maine could become a 'gateway' to trade with Arctic nations, with climate change opening new trade routes.

    December 28, 2016

  • Portland to host international scallop summit

    December 28, 2016

    Stakeholders in the scallop industry are expected to gather next year in Portland to share research and best practices.

    December 28, 2016

  • USDA makes $6M investment in northern and eastern Maine

    December 27, 2016

    The U.S. Department of Agriculture is awarding a $6 million grant to a Maine partnership led by the Nature Conservancy that will help private forestland owners reduce the impacts that flooding has on road networks and restore more than 250 miles of

    December 27, 2016

  • Seven companies receive MTI funding

    December 22, 2016

    The Maine Technology Institute has awarded $33,100 in funding that's intended to advance new products and process development at seven companies across the state.

    December 22, 2016

  • Global demand for lobster surges

    December 22, 2016

    Four years after a glut led to the cheapest lobsters since the 1980s, prices on average for lobster are up 37% this year and the highest on record going back decades.

    December 22, 2016

  • MTI awards $1.2M to boost Maine's 'high-potential' clusters

    Staff December 21, 2016

    The Maine Technology Institute has issued four new awards from its Cluster Initiative Program totaling $1.2 million for collaborative projects that boost Maine's high-potential, technology-enabled clusters.

    Staff December 21, 2016

  • Conservation grants provide $2.2M boost

    December 16, 2016

    The Maine Natural Resource Conservation Program has awarded nearly $2.2 million for projects to help 10 communities.

    December 16, 2016

  • Scallop fishermen stay close to home

    December 14, 2016

    Scallop divers might have been feeling optimistic, due to a steady increase in landings in recent years, when the fishery started for the winter season on Dec. 1, the number of scallop draggers showing up in Cobscook Bay on their opening day, Dec. 5

    December 14, 2016

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Do you support an increase in Portland's minimum wage?
Poll Description

The Portland City Council is weighing a controversial proposed hike to the city’s minimum wage.

The proposal would increase the minimum wage from $15.50 per hour to $20 per hour within four years. (The statewide hourly minimum wage is $14.65.)

The proposal does not include a wage hike for tipped workers who are currently paid an hourly wage of $7.75, but employers are required to ensure that wages and tips combined total $15.50 per hour. 

While inflation pressures have made it hard to survive on the minimum wage, many business owners are concerned the hike would cut already thin margins. 

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