AUGUSTA - Five weeks into the season and the weather is starting to take its toll, according to the state Department of Marine Resources. To provide the fishery with greater flexibility, the drag…
Marine
Public access a condition of the gift
OWLS HEAD — “In wildness is the preservation of the world" quotes Susan St. John, who donated 32 acres fronting the Muscle Ridge…
Because the shrimp stock has diminished, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Northern Shrimp Section extended the moratorium on commercial shrimp fishing for the 2017…
Marine warnings, high-wind warnings for Knox, Waldo counties
The storm that is on the approach to the Midcoast is packing a powerful breeze. According to a marine safety bulletin from the U.S. Coast Guard Sector Northern New England, in South Portland, the…
THOMASTON – For his third year now, Matinicus lobsterman Noah Ames has parked his truck in front of Midcoast Marine Supply at 153 New County Road in Thomaston on Christmas Eve and given away free…
Crafted in Wisconsin, trucked to Maine, assembled on site
ROCKPORT — With a 92-foot hull under construction inside the boat barn, and a new pier in the works, Rockport Marine today also expanded its capacity to launch and haul larger vessels by…
From Washington, D.C.
U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced Dec. 19 that the U.S. Navy has awarded Bath Iron Works a $125,950,046 contract modification. The funding will be used to continue Integrated…
Maine Department of Marine Resources...
AUGUSTA — The commissioner of the Maine Department of Marine Resources announced Tuesday the agency has suspended the lobster licenses of two men for removing the eggs from female lobsters. The…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board Tuesday released the transcript from the El Faro voyage data recorder bridge audio, which was one of five factual reports added…
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and the Maine Department of Marine Resources are seeking five shrimp trapping vessels to collect northern shrimp samples, beginning January 30, once…
The Coast Guard assisted four people to safety Wednesday after heavy winds and seas damaged a fishing boat about 40 miles southeast of Portland, Maine.
A fisherman aboard the Gracelyn…
Assembling a pilot whale skeleton was fun
WASINGTON - Matt Weeks is a traveling science educator for the Chewonki Foundation. On Saturday evening, November 12, he visited the Gibbs Library in Washington to help participants assemble a…
Public Hearing tonight in Thomaston
A proposal to site an oyster and scallop aquaculture farm in a cove on Pleasant Island in Mussel Ridge Channel will be heard this evening at a Dept. of Marine Resources public hearing in Thomaston…
Brian Tarbox, 52, of Spruce Head has been charged by Marine Patrol Officer Brandon Bezio with fishing 156 lobster traps more than he was authorized to fish, according to the news release from the…
Moratorium on Northern Shrimp Commercial Fishing continues for 2017
In response to the depleted condition of the northern shrimp resource, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's Northern Shrimp Section extended the moratorium on commercial fishing for…
Injured boatyard gull at Lyman-Morse takes flight after a month of rehabilitation
CAMDEN — At the beginning of October, Betty McBrien, a professional cleaner at Lyman-Morse, noticed a herring gull in Camden hanging around the boat yard, looking for food. “I first noticed him…
Remember when you could go down to the seashore at low tide and pick mussels off the rocks for a free meal?
A few years ago they…
Commissioners threatens closing lobster harvesting altogether in affected area
An escalation of trap cutting incidents in recent weeks along the line that separates Maine's lobster zones B and C (Blue Hill Bay and East Penobscot Bay) has prompted a $15,000 reward from…
Lobster traps are useful for a variety of purposes. They are a working tool for hundreds of Maine lobster fishermen; a lawn decoration for folks from away, or a base for a coffee table on the…
Oct. 16 Good Tern Co-op event highlighted Pride of Bristol Bay and aquaculture
ROCKLAND — Lobster and blueberries might get most of the media attention when it comes to Maine’s most iconic foods, but salmon and seaweed are the hottest products these day. On Oct. 16, Good…
Doesn’t appear suspicious, fire chief says
OWLS HEAD — An investigator with the Maine Fire Marshal’s office has determined the cause of fire that destroyed a lobster boat in Owls Head Harbor early Sunday morning, Oct. 16.
Owls Head…
On November 1st and 3 the Sodexo, in partnership with the University of Maine System, will hold the inaugural Scaling Up Events as part of the Maine Course initiative. This one-day forum is a…
Sheriff will assign a deputy to act as warden
ROCKLAND — In chambers October 11, at the Knox County Courthouse, the Knox County Commissioners voted to allow its chairman to sign a contract between Knox County and the towns of Cushing,…
New owners say green cleaning will stay
CAMDEN — It’s official: Clean Bee Laundry at 83 Elm St., located next to K2 Music in Reny's Plaza, has changed hands. New owners Ryan and Candace Lawrence, of Camden, purchased the business last…
Opinion
The Maine Lobstering Union and Friends of Penobscot Bay are questioning the state’s Department of Marine Resource’s science and motives behind the agency's permanent…
Duston Reed, a 34 year-old lobsterman from Waldoboro, has been arrested by the Maine Marine Patrol after a seven-month investigation and charged with allegedly fishing lobster traps that were not…
Proposed rules for the 2016-2017 scallop fishing season are under discussion at hearings this week, up and down the coast. Because of…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and U.S. Representatives Chellie Pingree and Bruce Poliquin released the…
Camden Windjammer Festival...Labor Day weekend
CAMDEN — They came, they built, they climbed into their watercraft and they paddled a few or more strokes. Four of the five handmade boats made it the full way around the Build-a-Boat race course…
Camden Windjammer Festival...Labor Day weekend
CAMDEN — Camden Windjammer Festival continued all day Saturday, beginning with the Camden Rotary Club annual pancake breakfast and then West Bay Rotary Club’s annual Chowder Challenge for the…
Camden Windjammer Festival...Labor Day weekend
CAMDEN — As regular as the Camden Windjammer Festival, the Camden Rotary Club has cooked and served breakfast on the public landing Saturday morning for the last 23 years.
Blueberry pancakes…
Boats, booths and people...
CAMDEN — The Camden Windjammer Festival opened on Friday, Sept. 2, at the Camden Public Landing, an annual Labor Day tradition in this town known for schooners and lobsters, an amphitheatre…
Camden Windjammer Festival...Labor Day weekend
CAMDEN — For many years sailing, Labor Day weekend in Camden has been a time for celebrating the town’s and the region’s rich nautical heritage. The annual Camden Windjammer Festival brings in…
Ocean Renewable Power Company, headquartered in Portland, is getting a $5.3 million Department of Energy grant to finish…
No entry fee, construction materials provided
CAMDEN - The Camden Windjammer Festival committee is once again seeking…
National Transporation Safety Board...
WASHINGTON — The National Transportation Safety Board announced Wednesday that it convened a voyage data recorder group Aug. 23 to develop a detailed transcript of the sounds and discernible words…
On Aug. 16, the Impossible Dream sailed into Boothbay Harbor again, just short of a year after its first trip here last year.
The boat left…
CASTINE — Camden National Bank will donate a total of $10,000 over the next two years to Maine Maritime Academy to help…
The U.S. Coast Guard rescued four fishermen Wednesday morning after the fishing vessel Lydia…
T-shirt and new benefits for helping at the festival...
CAMDEN — Camden's newest downtown gathering spot, Sea Dog Brewing Company, is offering an added benefit to all Windjammer Festival volunteers this Labor Day weekend.
Sea Dog Brewing, which…
ROCKLAND — The start of the 69th annual Maine Lobster Festival is less than 24 hours away now, and the U.S. Navy ship U.S.S. Oak Hill, (LSD 51), arrived in Rockland Harbor today, Aug. 2…
Aug. 3 Coronation
ROCKLAND — The Maine Lobster Festival coronation committee has announced the names of the 13 young ladies who will vie for the title of Maine Sea Goddess at the 2016 Festival, Aug. 3-7.
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CAMDEN — North East Mobile Health Services, the local medical emergency and ambulance service, took time July 25 to help train members of this summer’s Camden Area Youth Sailing Program about…
Oysters have become one of the most coveted of Maine seafoods.
A true connoisseur of oysters claims he or she can discern intimate…
2016 Maine Lobster Festival Aug. 3-7
ROCKLAND — The U.S.S. Oak Hill, LSD 51 (originally LSD 7), will anchor in Rockland Harbor for the Maine Lobster Festival this year.
The U.S.S. Oak Hill is the second ship…
ROCKLAND — The July 15 Coast Guard Change of Command held in Rockland at the Elks Club was both festive and ceremonial, with musical marches…
Maine Marine Patrol...
NORTH HAVEN — Maine Marine Patrol is calling Maddie “one lucky dog,” after she inexplicably went off her owner’s boat unnoticed and into the ocean, and was later rescued while swimming for her…
Bluesy Rock, ‘90s Alternative, Folk/Experimental, Maine Farm Day, Island Cleanup with Lobsters...
With three cranking bands on Saturday night and two outdoor events on Sunday, this weekend has all the bases covered as we round the corner to the highest point of summer. Live it up!
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Combined effort of Camden harbormaster, Coast Guard Auxiliary, CG Cutter Tackle...
CAMDEN — There is no greater time of need for a shining light marking an island in Penobscot Bay than on a foggy day, and July 17 was just such a day.
And on that Sunday, the light at Curtis…
Marine photographer Benjamin Mendlowitz, publisher of the Calendar of Wooden Boats, and marine historian Maynard Bray, who has provided the…
