Federal government gives Rockland $830,000 to upgrade city fish pier
Rockand Fish Pier’s recent history
In 2003, the nonprofit Coastal Enterprises, Inc. (CEI) was commissioned by Rockland to write a plan for the future of the Rockland Fish Pier. The pier was reinforced was state attention and funding between 1982 and 1987, when fish piers in Cape Porpoise (Kennebunkport), Saco, Portland, Rockland, Vinalhaven, Stonington and Eastport were constructed or reconstructed.
The Rockland Fish Pier was the last facility completed, at a cost of $1.2 million, according to the report.with the following funding mix: MDOT: $600,000; EDA: $500,000; and the City of Rockland: $150,000.
Prock Marine Company of Rockland carried out pier reconstruction at the 2.45-acre McLoon’s Wharf site during 1986-87.
The City’s first tenant at the pier, Coastal Tankers and Petroleum, had berthed their vessels there before it came under municipal ownership.
From 1988- 93, Charles Donahue was the operator of the Rockland Fish Pier; during 1993-1998, David and Charlene MacDonald ran the facility. The final operator was Water Street Management, who took over the fish pier in 1998 and concluded operations in December 2001.
Since that time, the City of Rockland has managed the fish pier.
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