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Money for mussels, meat & more: 20 Maine businesses to share $185K in 'Tastemakers' grants
Updated: June 9, 2023The initiative, now in its third year, is a partnership between Coastal Enterprises Inc. and FocusMaine.
Updated: June 9, 2023
Seafood industry contributes $3.2B a year to the Maine economy, report says
Updated: May 31, 2023A first-ever economic analysis found Maine’s seafood sector had $3.2 billion in total output in 2019, the latest year available. The output was driven by retail sales, lobster harvesting and seafood processing.
Updated: May 31, 2023
This world is your oyster: A robust oyster farming industry thrives — despite hard work and nature’s wily ways
Updated: May 29, 2023Oyster farming has grown from a few operations 40 years ago to about 150 farms today, driven by an optimal growing environment, conducive regulations, a strong market and training programs.
Updated: May 29, 2023‘Locally grown’ takes on several meanings
Updated: May 29, 2023Some 44% of Maine’s 13,414 agricultural producers are women.
Updated: May 29, 2023
Maine researchers tackle why there are more adult lobsters, but fewer juveniles
May 16, 2023New studies hypothesize the decline is due to climate change. The disconnect has been widespread in the Gulf of Maine and could impact the future of the lobster population.
May 16, 2023
With development encroaching, state law passed to protect working waterfront
Updated: May 15, 2023Land trusts can provide a vehicle for private sector partners to work together to mobilize additional funding sources and act more nimbly to save working waterfront properties.
Updated: May 15, 2023
Choppy seas ahead for American Aquafarms’ Gouldsboro facility
Updated: May 15, 2023The Norwegian firm bought the former seafood processing facility, including a 100,000-square-foot complex on 94 acres, a year ago, in the midst of controversy around its proposal to farm 66 million pounds of salmon annually in Frenchman Bay.
Updated: May 15, 2023
Cousins Maine Lobster launches territory in Utah
May 9, 2023In the past four months, Cousins Maine Lobster launched in Denver, Colo., and expanded into Maryland, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and the Gulf Coast from Pensacola to Mobile, Ala.
May 9, 2023
Island Institute president Kim Hamilton: 'We’re built for the challenges the coast is facing in this particular moment'
Updated: August 28, 2023The institute has an “extraordinary” 40-year history that directly touches people’s lives, said Hamilton. The mission includes advancing climate, economic resilience and leadership programs and cultivating the next generation of leaders.
Updated: August 28, 2023
Bigelow Laboratory's new VP of research is literally a deep thinker
Updated: May 3, 2023Beth Orcutt focuses her research on the microscopic life on and beneath the sea floor. As vice president for research, she will guide Bigelow Laboratory’s research around the world to understand the ocean and develop solutions.
Updated: May 3, 2023
UMaine awarded $2.25M for land-based aquaculture research
April 26, 2023“We’re committed to expanding our knowledge and expertise to culture fish and shellfish in a way that’s productive and profitable,” said Deborah Bouchard, director of the Aquaculture Research Institute.
April 26, 2023
Called a ‘game-changer,’ dehydrator will handle up to 30K pounds of kelp a day
April 25, 2023Biddeford-based Ocean’s Balance has established Seaweed Farmer Services, which will dry and mill farmed kelp on an industrial scale.
April 25, 2023
Celebrating all things seaweed from chocolate to cheese as Maine hosts industry events
April 25, 2023Maine’s farmed seaweed industry has seen substantial growth in production and farm operations over the past decade. The industry is showcasing products, research and innovations this month.
April 25, 2023
New program to help prevent ocean trash, promote sustainable packaging
Updated: April 24, 2023Nearly $3 million will help companies enter the sustainable packaging market. Marine debris incurs losses to the lobster industry and communities.
Updated: April 24, 2023
FocusMaine awards $90,000 to grow Maine aquaculture businesses
April 21, 2023The program was designed to help Maine aquaculture businesses increase production and the capability to grow volume and sales in current and new markets through innovative projects.
April 21, 2023
Testing the waters: New group wants tighter controls for 'finfish' farms
April 19, 2023Current regulations don’t have adequate safeguards, the newly formed Maine Finfish Alliance says. It proposes stocking limits at marine finfish farms, including the net-pen salmon farm proposed by American Aquafarms.
April 19, 2023
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