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Maine scallop ambassadors journey to France for culinary exchange
Updated: April 15, 2024The French use the whole scallop, while U.S. cuisine focuses on the scallop's adductor muscle. There could be culinary and economic value in learning how to employ the whole animal.
Updated: April 15, 2024
After a series of 'quirky' offices, Friends of Casco Bay finds dedicated space in Portland
Updated: April 8, 2024The nonprofit has outgrown some quirky and chopped-up spaces over 30 years. In one, staffers were “stuffed into a hallway-like space.” The new lease has a better layout.
Updated: April 8, 2024
Maine companies with global reach honored by MITC
Updated: April 4, 2024Tempshield, a Trenton-based maker of cryogenic gloves and other protective gear, is among the winners of the Maine International Trade Center's 2024 International Trade and Investment Awards.
Updated: April 4, 2024
Yarmouth’s Sea Meadow Marine awarded $790K for working waterfront upgrades
Updated: April 1, 2024The money will go toward rebuilding a bulkhead and launch ramp and installing water and sewer systems. The improvements will make the site more usable for tenants and could help them expand their businesses.
Updated: April 1, 2024
On the Record: GMRI’s Glenn Prickett aims to ‘help communities thrive in a warmer world’
Updated: April 1, 2024Glenn Prickett, president and CEO of the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, says his priorities this year include bringing diversity, equity, inclusion and justice to the nonprofit's work.
Updated: April 1, 2024
Lubec looks at saving landmark herring smokehouse
March 22, 2024Earlier this month, Preservation Timber Framing of Berwick began a structural and restoration cost assessment of the buildings, with a focus on the herring smokehouse structure.
March 22, 2024
In wake of January storms, Maine's fish wharves and working waterfronts are starting to rebuild
March 21, 2024"Our storage room was completely flooded," said one wharf owner after the back-to-back tempests. "We had floating propane tanks." Grants from the Island Institute will help rebuild infrastructure that's relied upon by 1,195 commercial vessels.
March 21, 2024
Fishing groups pile on against feds’ wind energy area
March 20, 2024Fishery associations said the designation of the area “is the culmination of a rushed development process.” The federal the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has said the area was selected after extensive stakeholder engagement.
March 20, 2024
US Harbors, Maine-based website for tides and coastal weather, acquired by co-founder
March 20, 2024Plans include exploring new opportunities for expansion and innovation in the marine industry.
March 20, 2024
Feds' proposed site for offshore wind gets mixed grades from labor, lobster trade groups
March 18, 2024Labor groups back a federal designation of an offshore wind site in the Gulf of Maine, but the Maine Lobstermen’s Association still has concerns.
March 18, 2024
Maine commercial fisheries jump $25M in value, with strong boat price for lobster
Updated: March 4, 2024The boat price for lobster was up, but landings came in at only 93.7 million pounds — the lowest amount for the past five years.
Updated: March 4, 2024
Seafood roadmap looks to grow industry by 10%, add 1,000 jobs by 2030
March 1, 2024Plans emerging from the industry-led Seafood Economic Accelerator for Maine include creation of a promotional council to enhance the seafood brand, find new markets and strengthen the overall food economy.
March 1, 2024
Sea Tow expands its towing service on southern Maine waters
February 27, 2024Previously, the closest Sea Tow vessel was stationed in South Portland. The response time for boaters in Kennebunk waters will now be significantly faster.
February 27, 2024
Mills requests federal disaster aid for $70M in damage from January storms
February 26, 2024Much of Maine's marine industry operates from homes with private docks; hundreds of disaster survivors are “fighting to sustain generational family businesses with limited support.”
February 26, 2024
Maine lobstering line entangled whale that died, but question remains: Where?
February 15, 2024Lobster trap rope is marked by colors to show where it's used. Analysis of the recovered gear “could indicate different gear configuration scenarios, some of which suggest state waters and others which suggest federal waters," a Maine official says.
February 15, 2024
Researchers will look into co-existence of offshore wind power, fisheries off Maine coast
February 14, 2024Researchers will explore how fisheries might coexist with floating offshore wind turbines, and will create a baseline inventory of data about Maine's fishing community.
February 14, 2024
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