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Fishing regulators consider reopening Maine shrimp fishery
June 9, 2016Interstate fishing regulators are discussing possibly reopening Maine's shrimp fishery, which has been closed since 2013 because of warming oceans.
June 9, 2016Bristol Seafood donates $10K to UNE marine sciences program
June 9, 2016Southern Maine seafood processor and distributor Bristol Seafood and its partners donated $10,000 to the University of New England's Center for Excellence in the Marine Sciences.
June 9, 2016
A lightbulb moment leads to the founding of True Course Yachting
May 30, 2016Time and again, Ben Davis met boat owners who loved sailing, but not the time-consuming upkeep involved in cleaning their boats, preparing them for launch and decommission and transporting their boats between different ports. Davis knew that he was
May 30, 2016Founder of seafood processing plant looks to avoid impending auction
May 18, 2016The founder of the Tenants Harbor-based seafood processing plant Sea Hag Seafood is hoping to avoid a planned auction for the plant's property, building and equipment following its closure after less than four years in business.
May 18, 2016Seafood retailer setting up shop in Bangor
May 9, 2016A Milbridge seafood retailer is in the midst of a renovation project to convert a Bangor filling station into a seafood shop.
May 9, 2016Maine lobster brings bigger bucks to restaurants
May 5, 2016While officials in Sweden have been pushing to ban the import of live "Maine" lobsters, restaurant patrons in America can't get enough of the crustacean — meaning that eateries across the country are able to turn a larger profit.
May 5, 2016
Inside the Notebook: Seeding clams in Downeast Maine
May 2, 2016The clam-seeding project is a collective effort by the 250 local diggers who sell clams to Gulf of Maine Inc., which diverted $1 for every bushel of clams it purchased into a fund for buying baby seed clams from the Downeast Institute in Beals.
May 2, 2016A new owner for longtime fish market in Kennebunkport
April 25, 2016The Kennebunkport-based Port Lobster is under new ownership after 63 years, as its owner, Sonny Hutchins, has sold the fish market to Kennebunkport Selectman Allen Daggett.
April 25, 2016Maine raises age for completion of lobster apprenticeship
April 12, 2016It just become easier for students looking to get into the $495 million business of lobster fishing in Maine as a new change in fishing laws has raised the age for hopeful lobstermen and women to complete their apprenticeship.
April 12, 2016
More questions raised about proposed European lobster ban
April 11, 2016The plot thickens about the proposed European ban importing live American lobsters, with seafood export specialists joining Maine's congressional delegation in raising questions about the science behind the labeling of the crustacean as an invasive
April 11, 2016Tenants Harbor fishing wharf earns working waterfront status
April 11, 2016The Maine Department of Marine Resources has obtained a working waterfront covenant to preserve a long-serving commercial fishing wharf in Tenants Harbor that has been in the sights of developers looking to convert the property.
April 11, 2016
Coalition challenges approval of genetically engineered salmon
April 1, 2016The Friends of Merrymeeting Bay, has joined a coalition in filing a lawsuit over the recent decision by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to approve the first-ever genetically engineered food animal, an Atlantic salmon crossed with other species.
April 1, 2016Odds drop for an ‘extremely early’ start to Maine lobster season
April 1, 2016In their latest projections, scientists at the Portland-based Gulf of Maine Research Institute have dropped the odds of an extremely early start to Maine's 2016 lobster season.
April 1, 2016Restructuring leads to job losses at Rockland FMC plant
April 1, 2016One of the largest employers in Knox County and one of Rockland's largest property taxpayers, the Philadelphia-based chemical manufacturing company FMC, has announced that it will be cutting its workforce at its plant on the Rockland waterfront.
April 1, 2016
Congressional delegation pans Swedish lobster ban
March 29, 2016Maine's congressional delegation and leaders in the lobster fishing and export industries are voicing their opposition to a proposed Swedish proposal that would label the American lobster as an invasive species, effectively banning the import of
March 29, 2016Move over Candy Crush — Maine fishermen might have a new favorite app
March 24, 2016Finding yourself getting a headache from trying to make sense of the ins-and-outs of regulations for fishing in Maine? Well, there's an app for that thanks to one enterprising West Gardiner fisherman.
March 24, 2016
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