On the Water

largest collection of lighthouse, life-saving and U.S. Coast Guard artifacts in the nation

ROCKLAND — You are invited to join the Maine Lighthouse Museum. The museum, located at One Park Drive overlooking Rockland Harbor and…

ROCKLAND — The Apprenticeshop has welcomed Capt. Terry Moore as their new Seamanship Director this spring. Terry will bring his lifelong…

HIGH SCHOOL SAILING

ROCKLAND — While many of us are putting away the skis and pondering bottom paint, local dinghy sailors were out racing on Rockland Harbor…

ROCKPORT — The Penobscot Bay YMCA 19th Annual Ned Kyle Boat Auction is scheduled for Saturday, June 11th. Since the first auction in 1998,…

The small bit of plastic traveled roughly 3,000 miles

TENANTS HARBOR—When Scotland beachcomber Martin Gray went walking along one of his favorite beaches, Billiacru last week, about two miles from Stromness, the little fishing port where he grew up,…

The National Weather Service has issued a high wind warning for this evening and tonight, as an approaching gale from the southeast arrives along the coast of Maine. Residents are also cautioned…

The Apprenticeshop

ROCKLAND — Spring high school sailing at The Apprenticeshop is off to a great start. Three teams are sailing with the high school sailing…

Keeping the catch healthy, with MAINE LOBSTERMEN’s Association

In mid-April, the Maine Lobstermen's Association, in coordination with the Maine Lobstermen's Community Alliance, will hold a series of…

Build it and sail it at the Apprenticeshop:

ROCKLAND — The Apprenticeshop will offer a Youth Boatbuilding Workshop this spring over April vacation (M-F, April 18 — 22) from 9 a.m. — 3…

Maine Online Sportsman’s Electronic System

AUGUSTA — Maine Online Sportsman's Electronic System, more commonly known as MOSES, the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife online…

Maine Lobstermen Association

KENNEBUNK — On March 7, Maine Lobstermen Association members and staff boarded a bus to make the two-hour trip south to Seafood Expo…

ROCKLAND — This Friday, March 25, Taylor Allen, President of Rockport Marine, will participate in a broadcast interview from 4 to 5 p.m. on…

ROCKPORT — The Maine Lobstermen's Association (MLA) distributed more than 100 nylon mesh bags designed to keep trash from entering the Gulf…

2016 elver season starts on March 22

AUGUSTA — A recently passed bill will improve Maine elver harvesters' chances of landing all of the state's 9,688 pounds of quota. The…

HIGH SCHOOL SAILING SPRING OPPORTUNITY

ROCKLAND — Our conglomerate team welcomes students from all area schools. We provide a fleet of 420s, an amazing waterfront facility in…

Marine Patrol Officer of the year

ROCKPORT — Marine Patrol Officer Jeff Turcotte was recognized at the Maine Lobstermen's association forum as the Marine Patrol Officer of…

ROCKLAND — he Apprenticeshop is pleased to welcome Joseph Steinberger to its board of directors, voted in at the Shop's winter board…

ROCKLAND — This presentation is a two-part series offered Sunday, March 6, at 3 p.m. and Sunday, March 20, at 1 p.m. This is an…

ROCKPORT – Capt. Keith Colburn of TV's "Deadliest Catch" will be in attendance at this year's Maine Fishermen's Forum, being held at the…

ROCKPORT — Although at first glance it's hard to imagine, a Maine lobster is a vulnerable thing.

How to keep a lobster healthy…

AUGUSTA – Katherine Thompson has been hired by the Maine Department of Marine Resources as the lead lobster sampling program scientist.…

Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition

BELFAST – The Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition is again collaborating with…

Maine shrimp lovers are hoping for the best this winter. With the shrimp population in decline over the past few years, and the Gulf of Maine shrimp fishery being closed…

Tim Simmons of Boothbay just returned from a week in Sweden. As interesting and exciting as he said it was, it wasn't a vacation. He was invited to go by his friend, crustacean scientist Matz…

Hear stories about being at sea, Arctic and Antarctic

BELFAST

Climate model shows faster warming and changing ocean circulation

A new study by National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration researchers suggests future warming of ocean waters off the…

‘My hands got a little numb, but it was great.’

CAMDEN - Everyone should go water skiing on Christmas Day. And that’s just what a small group of intrepid friends did, given 54 degree weather. That might not have been good for the slopes, but…

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…

“Race The Wind: A Story Of Maine Windjammers

ROCKLAND — Maine filmmaker Doug Mills announced in a press release Monday that he has launched fundraising campaign to raise money to release his newest film, Race the Wind, in the spring…

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Congresswoman Chellie Pingree joined other lawmakers today in blasting announcements from the FDA approving…

MAINE LOBSTERMEN’s Association

Assistance is available for fishermen and their families who may need help enrolling or re-enrolling in health insurance coverage. 

Department of Marine Resources

AUGUSTA – Rep. Pinny Beebe-Center, D-Rockland, is appealing the Legislative Council’s rejection of her bill to give the commissioner of the…

Rockland Community Sailors

Rockland Community Sailors take first place at the Becton Cup women's State Championship regatta in Castine last week. 

A pair of end-of-season boat rides ended in an unexpected way Saturday, Oct. 31 near Squirrel Island.

Two local boaters were able to free and save a minke whale that had become caught on a…

Imagine having a job in Maine, where your office is a boat and you are your own boss. And you don’t have to haul lobsters. 

REGISTER NOW FOR WOMENS OUTDOOR SKILLS

Becoming an Outdoors Woman Intro Skills Weekend workshop is scheduled for October 9 to 11 at the UMaine 4-H Camp and Learning Center at Bryant Pond. Registration for the 2015 Introductory Skills…

OCEAN SWIMMERS HELP MAINE’S TINIEST PATIENTS

LINCOLNVILLE — After months of training and pledge gathering, 80 open water swimmers, accompanied by their personal kayak escorts and 10 safety boats, braved the chilly Atlantic on August 29 to…

MEGUNTICOOK ROWING

CAMDEN – The Megunticook Rowing organization will be holding their regatta Sunday, Sept. 13 on Megunticook Lake starting and ending a…

CAMDEN — The 21st annual Camden Windjammer Festival is underway with glorious weather, drawing many people to reserve spots aboard the daysailers for a couple of hours offshore in Penobscot Bay.…

On Labor Day weekend, the 2015 Camden Windjammer Festival celebrates Maine's maritime heritage and the magnificent windjammers that ply the coast with a full schedule of events in and around…

FIRST FISH RELAY RACE, BUILD-A-BOAT, CRATE RACE

CAMDEN — Get involved, get wet, get fishy, get building, and get nautical at this year’s Camden Windjammer Festival. Labor Day weekend’s Windjammer Festival in Camden is beautiful boats, fireworks…

DONT MISS THE BOAT!

DAMARISCOTTA — The River Tripper’s successful second year of operation is celebrating with the last special cruises for this year. In gratitude for the great community support, the crew of The…

TALE OF MAINE FAMILY DURING AN ECOLOGICAL CRISIS

ROCKLAND — On August 14, during an event sponsored by Archipelago in Rockland, author, Carl Howe Hansen, presented a check to Heather Deese, VP Strategic Planning for the Island Institute. “I…

BENEFITS GRADUATING SENIORS AND COLLEGE STUDENTS

FRIENDSHIP — Phil Pratt representing the Friendship Memorial Scholarship Fund accepts two checks totaling $1100 from Heidi Thibodeau on behalf of the Friendship's Lobster Boat Race Committee on…

PENOBSCOT BAY — A stretch of hot, humid weather has driven locals and tourists alike to hit the water, and if one has the chance to glide out a few miles across Penobscot Bay, set a course for…

LOBSTER SUP CUP

ROCKPORT — The third annual Lobster SUP Cup was held over the weekend, organized by Thor Emery and Amy Gertner, with the help of…

An afternoon in August

ROCKPORT — It was pure August in Maine Sunday afternoon at Marine Park in Rockport, where racers with the annual stand-up paddle board Lobster Cup blended with children rounding — and sinking —…

BOATBUILDING AND REGATTA

BELFAST — The Belfast Rotary Club invites you to celebrate the boating traditions of Belfast, Maine with an array of events including bands, boat building, and barbeque.

Below is a schedule…