ROCKPORT — Film crews and a reporter from Good Morning America, the ABC daily television set up shop near the bait truck at Rockport Harbor May 26, featuring the coast of Maine, and in particular…
Marine
Segment aired May 27
AUGUSTA — A bill from Representative Ann Matlack, D-St. George, to provide additional support to municipalities and regional shellfish management organizations was signed into law Wednesday by…
AUGUSTA — A bill from Senator David Miramant, D-Camden, to extend funding for the Maine Lobster Marketing Collaborative was signed into law May 5 by Governor Janet Mills after receiving bipartisan…
The restoration of the Ernestina-Morrissey, the future Massachusetts Maritime Academy (MMA) training vessel, is coming down the homestretch at Boothbay Harbor Shipyard, according to Bristol Marine…
monthly articles and stories about common health issues and resources
Maine AgrAbility, dedicated to addressing chronic health conditions and disabilities for those in agriculture, offers resources for fishermen and women to help address issues affecting their…
AUGUSTA — The Maine Senate enacted Wednesday a bill from Senator Dave Miramant, D-Camden assisting the lobstering industry.
The bill, LD 338, “An Act To Amend the Law Governing the Maine…
AUGUSTA — The Mills Administration introduced legislation Wednesday to establish a 10-year moratorium on new offshore wind projects located in State waters.
The moratorium would preserve…
AUGUSTA — The Maine Senate will convene for a confirmation session Thursday, April 22 at 5 p.m. in the House Chamber to vote on for the purpose of voting on various nominations made by Governor…
ROCKLAND — Two boat-related events that were slated in Rockland for the summer of 2020 are tentatively returning to the calendar for 2021, toned down, adapted, and reliant on State CDC…
The Maine State Ferry Service's newest vessel, Capt. Richard G. Spear, slid down the ways at Washburn & Doughty Shipyard in East Boothbay and into the Damariscotta River Friday morning, April…
landings, sea sampling, Ventless Trap, Inshore Trawl, Settlement
Maine DMR research staff collect data on the lobster population at different life stages through multiple long-term monitoring programs including the commercial landings, commercial sea sampling,…
Operators of recreational vessels less than 26 feet in length will be required to use an engine cut-off switch and…
all types of boats sought; tax write-off included
Due to the current pandemic and uncertainty of the number of people that will be allowed at event gatherings – this year’s annual Boat Auction | Sale will be online. The…
The Maine Dept. of Marine Resources will be holding meetings to engage with Zone Councils D, E and F who have fishermen who fish in the area being reviewed for the potential of a floating offshore…
Lobstermen say the rules are expensive, dangerous and based on outdated data
Federal fishing regulators are close to finalizing new rules that would require expensive gear modifications and seasonal fishing closures in Northeast waters to protect the endangered right whale…
Town Manager: ‘has the potential to be a really great partnership’
CAMDEN — Informal conversations over the past few years periodically referenced a new marina visualized for Steamboat Landing, in Camden Harbor. On March 9, the idea took public form when Lyman-…
CAMDEN — The Select Board in Camden will consider proposals of Lyman-Morse boatbuilder, which is to address, according to the board meeting packet material: “ proposal to upgrade town and private…
AUGUSTA — The Legislature’s Committee on Marine Resources approved Wednesday a bill from Senator David Miramant, D-Camden, to support Maine’s lobster industry.
LD 338, “An Act To Amend the…
help at night to look for spawning smelt or during day to look for their tiny eggs
Rainbow smelt are one of Maine’s native migratory or sea-run fish populations.
“They are soon headed for a coastal river near you – and we need your help!” said Downeast Salmon Federation…
stories of residents whose lives and livelihoods are inextricably connected to the ocean
On Tuesday, March 2, at 7 p.m., the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center and Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust will host a panel discussion with Ian Cheney, director of the 2020 documentary…
CASTINE — William J. Brennan, President of Maine Maritime Academy, announced that the college has hired alumnus Captain Gordon ‘Mac’ MacArthur to serve as master aboard the Training Ship State…
The first edition of a new podcast, North by Northeast, focuses on Protect Maine’s Fishing Heritage Foundation (PMFHF), with host Crystal Canney, who is also the foundation’s executive director.…
Press release
Fugro USA Marine on behalf of New England Aqua Ventus will be conducting a Geophysical and Geotechnical seabed survey from East Boothbay to Monhegan.
The seabed survey will be taking place…
raffling off a 12’ flat-bottomed rowboat
In honor of Women’s History month 2020, the Apprenticeshop announced the establishment of the Mary Lacy Scholarship, for women and those who identify as women, to encourage female participation in…
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
A nearly $900,000 grant awarded to Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in East Boothbay will be used to explore how kelp aquaculture can remediate negative…
SEARSPORT – In a violation notice, Sprague Operating Resources LLC, with headquarters in Portsmouth, N.H., has been asked by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection to produce a plan by…
‘We didn’t want them to look like the mussels that everyone else was producing’
BEALS — The Downeast Institute, in partnership with Blue Hill Bay Mussels, has found a solution, the Beals-based organization says, to weaning the state’s Maine mussel farmers from being fully…
A short film highlighting Port Clyde’s John Cotton and Toni Small has been released along with two other films in a new series of short documentary films featuring some of Maine’s sea farmers. The…
Governor Janet Mills today proposed a series of actions to advance the nation’s first floating offshore wind research array in federal waters and to protect Maine’s more heavily fished state…
“I wear a lifejacket for my own safety, of course, and most importantly, I wear it for my family and loved ones. Fishing is important, and so is coming back safely.” Captain Stefanie…
ISLESBORO — In a Jan. 8 joint announcement, the chair of the Islesboro Select Board, Gabe Pendleton, and the executive…
CASTINE — On Friday, December 18, Maine Maritime Academy received a call from the U.S. Coast Guard requesting assistance for FV Eastern Star, a disabled vessel off of Cape Rosier in Penobscot Bay…
Markham Starr is a photographer/author and Suzanne Starr is a portrait artist
COREA—Markham and Suzanne Starr are two different artists inspired by the same source material—the Maine lobstering way of life. In 2011, Markham published a photography book titled Finest…
Opponents plan to appeal Belfast Planning Board approvals, as well
BELFAST — While Belfast City Hall and the privately-held Nordic Aquafarms, Inc., announce the Dec. 22 Belfast Planning Board approval of Nordic’s indoor salmon raising venture, opponents have…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Susan Collins, in a news release, welcomed the finalization of the agreement to eliminate tariffs on live and frozen American lobster, which will help to…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Angus King, I-Maine, are applauding the signing into law of their Save Our Seas 2.0 Act. The bipartisan bill, …
Policy and Management Bureau
The New England Fishery Management Council met on December 1-3 via webinar. Much of the current work of the Council is focused on identifying…
eight million metric tons of mismanaged plastic waste from land enters oceans each year
U.S. Senators Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Angus King, I-Maine, applauded the passage of the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act by the U.S. Senate. The bipartisan bill, …
THOMASTON — Lyman-Morse Boatbuilders, in Thomaston, launched in October a Hood 57, designed by CW Hood Yachts and Stephens Waring Yacht Design.
“Lyman-Morse has been working with the Hood…
SEARSPORT — Upstream Watch members and supporters are meeting at Sears Island in Searsport, Thursday, December 10, at 12:30 p.m., to assist in cleaning up plastic. The waste spill occurred from a…
available for preorder, official release mid-december
CAMDEN — For the past two years, Camden author Ali Farrell has poured her all into her second book, a book showcasing the strength of Maine’s female fishermen, entitled Pretty Rugged: True…
gov. mills releases statement on suspension
BOSTON — The Coast Guard suspended the active search for four missing fishermen off the coast of Massachusetts, 5:22 p.m., Tuesday.
“The decision to suspend a search is never an easy one.…
AUGUSTA — To solidify Maine’s leadership in floating offshore wind energy and collaborate with Maine’s fisheries on the industry’s development, Governor Janet Mills announced Friday the State’s…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Susan Collins welcomed the news Wednesday the European Parliament’s trade committee voted 40-2 in support of an agreement to eliminate tariffs on live and frozen…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Maine lobstermen have been awarded a total of $36,284,110.12 to date to help offset the financial harm they have experienced due to China’s retaliatory tariffs, according to a…
one of the oldest surviving Friendship Sloops designed by Wilbur Morse
ROCKLAND — The Friendship Sloop Blackjack, owned and restored by the Sail, Power, and Steam Museum of Rockland, was recently listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
…
ROCKLAND — The U.S. Coast Guard employed one of its aircraft today, Oct. 30, flying over the Rockland Breakwater, in search of a possible person in the water. By early afternoon, however, the…
In 1937, famed yacht designer Clinton Crane built a fast 12-meter still being talked about today. He designed the Gleam, the first 12-meter to charter Newport, Rhode Island. Crane built…
Press release
U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced Friday that the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in East Boothbay is set to receive a total of $878,514 to conduct research on a new…
Or risk a $100 removal fee
CAMDEN — Camden’s Harbor Master Steve Pixley has firm words for those whose dinghies, skiffs, boats and sailboats are still tied up to the town floats: Remove them or risk the $100 fine that will…
