PENOBSCOT BAY was a palette of grey and silver Aug. 19, with fog hovering over the Northport hills, the kind of day when the water blends into the sky. Except, however, for a three-mile stretch…
Marine
Capital campaign to replace two helicopters
ROCKLAND – During their Monday, Aug, 14, meeting, City Council members voted to postpone a decision regarding fee increases for cruise ships visiting Rockland Harbor. After hearing from various…
ROCKLAND – “I’m sure that your stepping down is going to leave a huge gap in the knowledge of that commission,” Councilor Valli Geiger said to Howard Edwards, Jr.
After 25 years on the…
Lyman-Morse, the custom boatbuilder and service provider with yards in Thomaston and Camden, and a brokerage office in Newport, Rhode Island, has expanded Downeast. Eric Roos will manage the new…
‘Docking should not cause a divorce’
CAMDEN — Maybe you have heard this couple (any harbor, U.S.A.), coming in to dock their boat. The man is generally at the helm; he’s nervous but doesn’t want to let on. She is on the bow, line in…
ALEXANDRIA, VA – The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's American Lobster Management Board initiated Draft Addendum XXVII to Amendment 3 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for…
Out on the bay
VINALHAVEN — “Let’s go to Vinalhaven!” Well, heck, yes. The breeze, if you could call it that, was light and out of the north on July 30, and the seas were to remain fairly calm. A perfect day to…
CAMDEN — The Camden Harbor Committee will convene at 7:30 a.m. at the Camden Yacht Club, Aug. 1, and face a full agenda that includes everything from water pollution in the harbor to lobster gear…
Threat to ecology and navigation
THOMASTON — The Maine Department of Marine Resources has turned down a request to site an oyster and sea scallop aquaculture farm in a cove on Pleasant Island in Mussel Ridge Channel. DMR…
BROOKLIN — NOAH Publications will present its annual Calendar of Wooden Boats ® Most Photogenic Boat Award at the 2017 Eggemoggin Reach Regatta.
Marine photographer Benjamin…
2017 is 145th anniversary of U.S. lobster conservation efforts
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Angus King and Susan Collins today introduced a resolution that would designate September 25, 2017, as "National Lobster Day." Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.),…
Comments must be submitted by July 25
The final agenda and meeting materials for the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's 2017 Summer Meeting are now available at …
From Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON --The U.S. Coast Guard announced today an update to its navigation guidance for the use of electronic charts in lieu of paper charts and publications.
The updated version of…
Sharp knife, quick thinking
MATINICUS ROCK — On Friday, July 14, two lobstermen had the opportunity to save a life while fishing offshore. Jeremy Willey, 37, of Owls Head, was at the helm of his boat, F/V Miss Jodi…
Funds to expand dockage for vessels traveling Maine coast
PORTLAND — Yachting Solutions, LLC, of Rockland, is among two Maine marinas that will receive federal grant funds totaling more than $1.8 million. The Federal Boating…
Maine Marine Patrol to Focus on Boating Under the Influence
The Maine Marine Patrol will be on heightened alert for those violating Maine’s boating under the influence laws during the national Operation Drywater weekend, June 30-July 2.
Operation…
One of Maine’s busiest harbors gets ready for summer
CAMDEN — Steve Pixley, Camden’s harbor master, is anticipating a busy summer on the waterfront, and one aspect of that working harbor got well organized more than a month ago: The Camden Day…
‘It’s been a long five winters building it’
The Cummins inboard engine rumbled to life like a charm Saturday afternoon, June 10, and Rockport fisherman Kenny Dodge gave a slight smile and nod. Inside, though, you knew he was grinning big.…
Despite an abundance of egg-bearing adult lobsters and record-breaking harvests, the number of young lobsters continues to fall in the Gulf of Maine.
That’s the 2016 update from the…
ROCKLAND — The Maine Lighthouse Museum is holding a benefit raffle, and the prize is a 3-foot by 4-foot photo on canvas of the rare first order Fresnel lens at the Umpqua River Lighthouse in…
From Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON — Representatives Chellie Pingree and Bruce Poliquin have reintroduced their bill to make it easier for seafood dealers to export sea urchins and sea cucumbers outside of the United…
Going clamming with a camera
Bridie McGreavy grew up in Brownfield, but until arriving at the University of Maine in 2010, she hadn't been on a clam flat. Walking on exposed intertidal mud for the first time, she says, was…
Islesboro sailors ‘outstanding team race maneuver’ award
ROCKLAND — On Saturday, May 20, teams from Southern Maine, Camden Hills Regional High School, Boothbay Harbor, Islesboro Central School and Rockland Community Sailing sailed a series of 20…
The Rockland-based nonprofit Island Institute received a $240,000 grant through the Gulf Research Program of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to fund a collaborative…
ROCKPORT — The Penobscot Bay YMCA's annual Ned Kyle Boat Auction is scheduled for Saturday, June 10. The YMCA is looking for new or old boats (sail, power, dinghy, kayak, canoe, skiffs, rowing…
Today, she is as beautiful as ever, sailing the Mediterranean
Photograher Joe McGurn has gone through more photos from the mystery boxes that he purchased last year in an estate sale, and this time, he has collated almost 150 that chronicled the launching of…
Those fortunate enough to live on lakes often add to their enjoyment with a floating dock. Such floating docks, when well‐constructed, are both aesthetic and offer shelter and a resting place for…
Charlie Morecraft has a message for all about safety
Maine is a state of hard, rugged, tenacious workers. They won’t quit cutting cordwood, hauling traps, or haying the fields until it’s getting dark and time for supper, maybe a beer.
But…
University of Maine is one of NOAA’s 33 designated Sea Grant Programs
Days after President Donald Trump released his Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 budget proposal completely eliminating the $73 million National Sea Grant College Program, U.S. Senator…
Ship named in honor of Korean War hero
U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and Representatives Chellie Pingree and Bruce Poliquin will attend and deliver remarks at the christening of Bath Iron Works’ ship DDG 116 on Saturday,…
On Sunday, April 23, the historic schooner Mary E, believed to be the oldest Maine-built wooden fishing schooner still afloat, will be arriving at her new…
Sister boat to the Andrea Gail lost during ‘The Perfect Storm’ of 1991
On March 13, beachcombers on Fanore Beach, Co. Clare, Ireland, happened to come across an orange tag washed up on shore. It wasn’t unusual: plenty of tags and other marine debris from the U.S.…
boat had been moving around in circles at high rate of speed, nobody at the wheel
AUGUSTA — Maine Gov. Paul R. LePage and Rear Adm. Steven D. Poulin, Commander of the First Coast Guard District, presented the Silver Lifesaving Medal and Certificate of Valor to two Maine Marine…
In the last couple of weeks, Jon Williams has been hearing from a lot of people about a little piece of plastic a beachcomber found in Ireland. Williams, of Westport Island, is one of the new co-…
While it is possible to purchase a new boat and immediately head out on the water, there are a few things that new boat owners need to know. Each state has rules regarding the types of vessels…
Honored for contributions toward a sustainable fishery
Glen Melvin, a shellfish and elver harvester from Waldoboro, received the second annual Maine Department of Marine Resources Award of Excellence.
The award, presented by DMR Commissioner…
Mike Jackson, President of Grundéns, on the practicalities of commercial fishermen wearing a PFD
ROCKLAND — It’s always in the back of the mind of every commercial fisherman or lobsterman as he or she throws off the lines and heads out to sea — the possibility that they won’t come back. It’s…
Marine Patrol Officer Brandon Bezio, who serves in the St. George-Warren Patrol, received the 2017 Maine Lobstermen’s Association Maine Patrol Officer of the Year Award March 4, in Rockport.…
Lobster leads the market
Maine’s commercially harvested marine resources topped $700 million in overall value in 2016, according to preliminary data from the Maine Department of Marine Resources. The total reflects yet…
The Maine Department of Marine Resources seeks information from lobster harvesters who might be impacted by regulations under consideration by the New England Fishery Management Council designed…
Like humans, lobsters do not like stress. But unlike humans, once a lobster feels stress, it has a hard time calming down. The unique anatomy and physiology of the lobster makes it far more…
Opinion
SAINT GEORGE — Tonight at 7 p.m., the Saint George town office will host the latest fight between attorneys sparring before the Planning Board for the two sides in a longterm struggle for…
Largest tradeshow in forum history expected
The 42nd Maine Fishermen’s Forum is fast approaching, and it looks to be another sold-out year for the Trade Show and the Samoset Resort. This annual event is a one-of-a-kind event created for…
Lobster patrol: An eye on the fisheries
The states of Massachusetts through Delaware have scheduled hearings to gather public comment on Draft Addendum XXV to Amendment 3 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for American…
BOSTON— The Coast Guard rescued two people off their sinking vessel Friday, Jan. 13, about 17 miles off shore from York.
At around 3:15 p.m., Coast Guard Sector Northern New England received…
National Fisherman magazine gifted Searsport museum its entire pre-digital photographic archive
SEARSPORT — In 2012, National Fisherman, a preeminent national magazine detailing life in the commercial fishing industry, donated the publication’s entire pre-digital photographic…
BELFAST — East Coast Yacht Sales has opened its sixth brokerage office, located in Front Street Shipyard in Belfast. With growing market share and a need for water access, company officials in a…
AUGUSTA - Wesley Dean has been promoted to sergeant of Marine Patrol Section 1, which stretches from Kittery to Yarmouth.
Dean was officially recognized by Maine Department of Marine…
