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With quota intact, Maine’s lucrative baby eel fishery dodges a multimillion-dollar bullet
Laurie Schreiber January 30, 2024Maine's catch of elvers was valued at $20.2 million in 2022, and this month the fishery averted a quota that would have reduced the maximum catch by a fifth. The baby eels are generally shipped to aquaculture facilities in Asia, where they are grown
Laurie Schreiber January 30, 2024
FAME approves financing for TimberHP, American Unagi
Laurie Schreiber Updated: January 29, 2024Both companies have launched first-in-the-U.S. products, and are now looking to scale up.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: January 29, 2024
Now with $25M in funding, overdue Portland Harbor dredging will finally move forward
Laurie Schreiber January 23, 2024The project will open up piers that haven’t been dredged in more than 70 years and are filling with sediment, decreasing water depths and causing a decline in available berthing for the working waterfront.
Laurie Schreiber January 23, 2024
Officials urge Mainers recovering from storm: Document and report
Laurie Schreiber January 17, 2024In the wake of two major coastal storms, officials warn that documentation is not a guarantee of financial relief, but it helps the state to understand the magnitude and scope of the damage and the resources needed.
Laurie Schreiber January 17, 2024
How a workshop on targeted skills could help women in aquaculture
Laurie Schreiber Updated: January 22, 2024With up to 20% of aquaculture jobs held by women, a series of workshops will teach some of the skills needed.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: January 22, 2024
Mainers, businesses reel from devastating double-punch of winter storms
Renee Cordes, Laurie Schreiber, William Hall January 16, 2024Amid today's snow, Maine is still recovering from a pair of powerful winter storms that caused widespread flooding, destroyed homes and businesses, and drove a fishing boat aground.
Renee Cordes, Laurie Schreiber, William Hall January 16, 2024
Q&A: Westbrook skin care company scales up use of Maine seaweed as key ingredient
Laurie Schreiber Updated: January 18, 2024A Wall Street banker struggling to find skin care products without toxic chemicals created her own formula. Products are in stores such as Whole Foods and Sea Bags, with sales in the six figures.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: January 18, 2024
FocusMaine gets $6.9M from Harold Alfond Foundation to build food, bio economies
Renee Cordes January 11, 2024The three-year challenge grant "marks a pivotal moment for FocusMaine," the organization said in Thursday's announcement.
Renee Cordes January 11, 2024
12 business owners chosen for ‘visionary leadership’ development program
Laurie Schreiber Updated: January 11, 2024Seaweed and waffles. Startups and longtime businesses. Participants are a diverse group but have a similar aim: to develop their skills and grow their companies.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: January 11, 2024
Waldoboro eel grower American Unagi receives $1.5M investment
Laurie Schreiber Updated: January 10, 2024American Unagi’s recirculating aquaculture systems facility is the first in the U.S. to grow Maine eels to market size.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: January 10, 2024
Aquaculture training workshops will focus on women, nonbinary students
Laurie Schreiber January 5, 2024The aquaculture sector has seen an increase in women entering the field. But access to training opportunities can be a barrier for women looking to enter the industry or grow existing businesses.
Laurie Schreiber January 5, 2024
Trade secrets or vital data? Lobstermen sue Maine over minute-by-minute boat tracking
Laurie Schreiber January 4, 2024The vessel tracking requirement is intended to help regulators understand risks that lobstering lines may pose to endangered whales. But lobstermen say trap placement and trip routes are confidential and have substantial economic value.
Laurie Schreiber January 4, 2024
2024 Forecast: Aquaculture is an economic ‘bright spot’ with growing demand
Laurie Schreiber Updated: January 8, 2024Demand for Maine aquaculture products, like other Maine-sourced seafoods, has remained strong despite escalating prices that have caused a slump in other regions.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: January 8, 2024
Bar Harbor advances $40M phased proposal for ferry terminal redevelopment
Laurie Schreiber Updated: January 3, 2024An all-tide launch ramp is a priority. Other components would be phased in as funding is available. “It looks like smaller bites of the whale is the proper way to go,” said a town councilor.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: January 3, 2024
Lawmakers push to expand mental health benefits for commercial fishermen
Alexis Wells December 12, 2023Commercial fishermen would get increased support for mental health under a bill co-sponsored by U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine.
Alexis Wells December 12, 2023
Maine will get $17M to collect data on endangered North Atlantic right whale
Peter Van Allen December 12, 2023The funding comes at a time when the lobster industry is fending off efforts by regulators to restrict certain fishing gear. The industry says any new regulations could mean thousands of dollars in gear upgrades for individual lobster harvesters.
Peter Van Allen December 12, 2023
Today's Poll
Sponsored by: Kennebunk Savings Bank
With the official end of summer this past weekend, we're taking a look back at how the season unfolded.
Back in early August, we asked how the summer tourism season was going — and at the time, the majority of respondents told us it could be better. And remember, the season started very rainy and ended amid a drought.
Now that the season has wrapped up, we're checking in again to see how things ended. Did things improve? Did tourism pick up later in the summer, or did the season fall short of expectations?
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