BELFAST — Students attending Belfast Area High School will be able to receive a more hands-on marine science education thanks, in part, to a generous grant and the ingenious thinking of two…
Marine
Teachers pursue grants for cutting edge technology
Pre-order deadline is April 20
ROCKPORT — Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District (KLSWCD) is once again sponsoring an annual trout stocking sale for the home or farm pond. KLSWCD offers two sizes, 5-6” rainbow…
Free program helps aspiring aquaculturists launch shellfish or seaweed businesses
ROCKLAND — Have you ever thought about gaining a new source of income by growing mussels, oysters, or seaweed? Island Institute is now accepting applications for its 2020 Aquaculture Business…
‘Maine Ocean School is both educating and inspiring our students’
AUGUSTA — Senator Erin Herbig, D-Belfast, introduced a bill Wednesday, Feb. 12, to support Maine Ocean School in Searsport, a magnet public high school that focuses on marine science, technology,…
The Department of Marine Resources' lottery for the right to apply for an elver license will conclude at 4:30 p.m., February 21.
Lottery winners will have the chance to apply for a…
Rockport Marine celebrates the little potato
ROCKPORT – One thing we enjoy in the Midcoast is a good festival and we certainly have our share. One of the lesser-known festivals, now in its third year, is the Tater Tot Festival that takes…
Effective Feb. 2, parts of Penobscot Bay are closed to scalloping, as the state attempts to protect the scallop broodstock.
“The Commissioner adopts this emergency rulemaking to establish…
A unique educational opportunity launches on Jan. 24, when a Maine teacher sets sail for the Southern Ocean as part of a Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences…
Much has been written about Megunticook Lake over the years and fortunately today Camden residents are all pretty much in agreement about where the level of the water should be, but it hasn’t always…
1,414 community scientists cover 292 lakes
FALMOUTH — A haunting tremolo, the wavering call of a loon, is one of the most evocative sounds in nature, according to the Maine Audubon, in a news release. It’s also one of the iconic…
A breaking wave
Stonington, the state of Maine’s top fishing port in landed value, is facing seismic change. By mid-century, its lobster fishery could drop by 15 to 20 percent due to warming ocean waters, the…
The same technology that powers facial recognition and self-driving cars may soon help Maine’s shellfish industry protect people from the dangerous effects of harmful algal blooms. A…
Castine training ship to be constructed
The U.S. Senate has approved its final Appropriations agreement, which includes $300 million for the construction and acquisition of a new training vessel for Maine Maritime…
comprehensive curriculum on shellfish and seaweed production for fishermen looking to diversify their income
BRUNSWICK/BELFAST — Commercial fishermen and members of fishing families who are interested in diversifying their incomes are invited to participate in an aquaculture training course offered by…
In the name of resilience
During Hurricane Sandy in 2012, Hoboken, New Jersey “literally became an island,” recalled its mayor at the time, Dawn Zimmer, during a recent talk she gave in Maine. The city was 80 percent…
ROCKLAND — Rockland City Councilor Ed Glaser doesn’t entirely know that the need to dredge Lermond Cove sooner than expected was caused specifically by the pumping of the Cedar Street Quarry in…
ROCKPORT — The Rockport Harbor Committee voted at its Dec. 5 meeting to recommend to the town’s select board that the area on the northeast side of Rockport Harbor, near the outlet of the Goose…
MAINE — The Maine Aquaculture Association has announced the release of a new video series titled, “The Faces of Maine’s Working Waterfront.” The videos tell the stories of aquatic farmers in Maine…
ROCKPORT — The Harbor Committee in Rockport meets this evening, Dec. 5, at the town office, and there, its members will take up the discussion of whether to recommend to the Select and Planning…
ROCKLAND — After an extra large quantity of sediment from Lindsey Brook entered Rockland Harbor following the drainage of a particular quarry, the amount of debris at the terminus became so high,…
CASTINE — Rick Leighton, Maine Maritime Academy Class of 1980, a caretaker of the Ground Zero Flag, will be escorted into town by the Castine Volunteer Fire Department and Maine State Police along…
Heather Leslie and Deborah Bronk lead scientific institutions that are advancing and collaborating on cutting-edge marine research from opposite sides of the Damariscotta River.
Leslie,…
AUGUSTA —The Maine Department of Marine Resources announces the opening of two license lotteries: one for scallop drag licenses and one for scallop dive licenses. Based on licenses retired in 2018…
NEW CASTLE, NH — Tuesday, Oct. 29, member states of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (Commission) thanked James Gilmore of New York for an effective two-year term as Chair and…
Hamilton Marine, the Maine marine supply store known to boaters throughout the North East, will be opening its sixth marine store location in Kittery, the company said Oct. 29. The location is the…
Sailing enthusiasts likely noticed a new schooner plying the waters of Penobscot Bay. She is the 22-foot Mercury. Recently restored, she was acquired two summers ago by Captain Neal…
AUGUSTA – Maine Representative Genevieve McDonald, D-Stonington, proposed a bill to the Legislative Council that would, if passed by the full state Legislature, initiate a feasibility study of…
Municipal vote made to help Lyman-Morse move its expansion forward
CAMDEN — Voting 5 to 0, the Camden Select Board has agreed to ask U.S. Congress to deauthorize a 5.14-acre portion of Camden Harbor near Steamboat Landing so the privately-owned…
ORONO — Even with ocean warming, coral bleaching and an intense hurricane, local conservation actions helped a Caribbean coral reef ecosystem rebound in about a decade, according to UMaine…
BELFAST — Hundreds gathered at Belfast’s Public Landing, Monday, Oct. 21, to witness the offloading of a vessel that puts Belfast on the map, provides jobs for many local marine trade artisans,…
After lengthy court battle, 94-year-old ‘Floating White House’ begins stern-to-bow restoration
BELFAST – The presidential yacht Sequoia, a treasured piece of American history that many call “the floating White House,” arrives in Belfast Monday, Oct. 21 for a stern-to-bow restoration. After…
Responsible for Underwater Recovery Team, Maritime Security Team, Firearms Team, and Whale Disentanglement Team
AUGUSTA — Matthew Talbot, an 18-year veteran with the Maine Marine Patrol has been promoted to the newly created rank of captain.
“This is a position that will be responsible for oversight…
A new $3 million grant will support the efforts of New England scientists to reduce methane emission by cattle – the largest human-caused source of this potent greenhouse gas.…
Earlier in 2019, Abbie Leonard, Rockport’s harbor master, and her dog, Wilson, were filmed for a video series that shows the bond between service and working dogs and their owners. The …
The Maine Department of Marine Resources said Oct. 3 that a collaborative effort to raise Atlantic salmon on the East Branch of the Penobscot River will begin in 2020.
The project, funded…
AUGUSTA - New rates for the Maine State Ferry Service will take effect on October 1. The rulemaking process was officially completed September 19. That months-long process involved public hearings,…
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Yesterday, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree’s (D-Maine) bill, H.R. 3596, the Keep America’s…
ROCKPORT — On Sept. 25, the Rockport Planning Board will consider a proposal by Jonas and Stacey Contakos to turn the property at 229 Commercial St./Route 1 into an “education-based adult and…
The Maine Marine Patrol issued citations to three men for violating laws designed to protect the Atlantic herring fishery, which has faced serious quota reductions in recent year, the DMR said in…
results support years of anecdotal knowledge among fishermen and scientists
ORONO — Variation in lobster molt timing has been increasing in recent years, and is related to changing ocean temperatures in the Gulf of Maine, according to a new University of Maine study — one…
Governor Janet Mills said Sept. 18 that her administration submitted comments to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries) on the pending Right Whale…
Once destined for sinking, the ‘Bowdoin’ was rescued and towed to Camden
ROCKLAND — Forty eight years ago, Capt. Jim Sharp steered a restored vessel along the shores of Provincetown, Massachusetts, so that her original captain could take a final glimpse of his claim to…
AUGUSTA — The third opportunity to win a Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife (MDIFW) Keeper of the Maine Outdoors Experience is a fishy one.
The winner of the Keeper of the…
putting the gastric mill aging method to the test
WALPOLE — Carl Huntsberger, who for three years studied the challenge of crustacean age determination, earned a Master of Science in marine biology at the University of…
The Fall Maine – New Hampshire trawl survey conducted by the Maine Department of Marine Resources is scheduled to begin September 23 …
WALPOLE — The University of Maine Darling Marine Center hosted a three-day orientation program the last week of August for 30 first-year students in the School of Marine Sciences.
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The important nutrient phosphate may be less abundant in the global ocean than previously thought, according to a new paper in…
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard released its 2018 Recreational Boating Statistics Report Tuesday, revealing that there were 633 boating fatalities nationwide in 2018, a 3.8 percent decrease from…
$20 million grant from National Science Foundation
WALPOLE — The University of Maine and Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences are co-leading a five-year initiative that aims to revolutionize environmental monitoring,…
A $20 million grant announced today from the National Science Foundation will fund a five-year initiative by Maine science institutes to revolutionize the understanding and management of coastal…
