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Fisheries & Marine
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Maine conference will explore seaweed’s potential as food, bioplastic and medicine
August 30, 2023“Seagriculture USA puts Maine on the world map as an innovator in seaweed farming and harvesting,” said Maine Department of Economic and Community Development Ccommissioner Heather Johnson.
August 30, 2023
Biddeford seaweed producer Ocean’s Balance partners with New Brunswick supplier
August 29, 2023The goal is to expand its product offerings. Aqua Veggies is North America’s largest supplier of dulse, a red seaweed that grows in only few places throughout the world.
August 29, 2023
Stonington nonprofit awarded $470K to improve safety training for fishermen
August 24, 2023Commercial fishing is one of the most dangerous industries in the U.S. The Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries will train 250 high school students, particularly in areas near commercial lobstering zones.
August 24, 2023
Fishermen urged to watch out for bright orange sailing drones in Gulf of Maine
Updated: August 23, 2023The 33-foot-long drones combine wind propulsion and solar sensors to perform data collection.
Updated: August 23, 2023
Portland Lobster Co. buys lobster pound on Bailey Island in Casco Bay
August 22, 2023Maine’s working waterfront properties are scarce these days. The buyer of a Casco Bay lobster-buying wharf intends to maintain its traditional use.
August 22, 2023
Cousins Maine Lobster continues expansion push with launch of Maryland franchise
August 14, 2023Cousins Maine Lobster was founded in 2012 with a single food truck and then grew nationally after appearing on the TV pitch show "Shark Tank."
August 14, 2023
Sea farmers get another tool to help boost business
Updated: August 10, 2023A new manual outlines financial resources available to the aquaculture industry. It comes at a time when many small businesses are developing business plans to scale operations.
Updated: August 10, 2023
A Maine boatyard has an electric boat it says could energize the working waterfront
July 28, 2023The vessel Take Charge is powered by a 40-horsepower Flux Marine electric outboard, and charged with solar power. While the boat is in use, data is gathered using a “baseline usage device” to help inform improvements in future electric-boat hull
July 28, 2023
Island Institute could get $1.5M to shore up lobster industry, coastal communities
Updated: July 18, 2023The money would support work to provide financial education, income diversification training and business skill development for Maine lobstermen.
Updated: July 18, 2023
Aquaculture trainees learn the ropes in summer programs
July 14, 2023“It’s exciting to see all of the ventures popping up within my home state, which makes me feel like I don’t have to travel far in order to find a career on the water,” said a pre-apprentice.
July 14, 2023
$35M for Maine’s lobster industry advanced in Senate funding bill
July 14, 2023About $30 million will go to Atlantic right whale-related research and monitoring, which could help the lobster industry in its assertion that it doesn’t cross paths with the endangered whale.
July 14, 2023
King bill would create national aquaculture office
Updated: June 30, 2023The SHELLS Act would create a designated office for aquaculture within the U.S. Department of Agriculture to assist shellfish harvesters and farmers.
Updated: June 30, 2023
FAME approves loan to help a Millinocket aquaculture business
June 28, 2023Katahdin Salmon Inc. will be at the site of the former Millinocket Paper Mill, which closed in 2008. The loan will help create up to 80 jobs in Millinocket.
June 28, 2023
Bigelow Laboratory outfits research vessel that was a gift from Vermont college
June 25, 2023With a chartered boat previously used, it would take five hours to reach research sites, leaving little time for research. Now researchers can be on-site in less than two hours.
June 25, 2023
Southern Maine businessman scoops up marine towing service
June 21, 2023Sea Tow was established in 1983 when the Coast Guard stopped responding to non-emergency boating calls. The company now has franchises in over 500 ports nationwide.
June 21, 2023
Lobster industry gets another reprieve in federal plan to curtail harvesting
Updated: June 19, 2023The court said lack of data led to an estimate of 46 whale deaths per decade, a “staggering departure from the two documented deaths” over nine years.
Updated: June 19, 2023
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