PENOBSCOT — The decision by the Department of Marine Resources to approve a lease for an oyster farm in the Bagaduce River has drawn a measure of support from two vocal opponents. Caren Plank and William McWeeny intervened in the DMR hearing and decision process as opponents to the application by Taunton Bay Oyster Co. …
STONINGTON — Except for a handful of divers in southern Maine, scallop season doesn’t start until at least Dec. 1 — unless you know the right people. The people to know in this instance are Stonington scallop farmers Marsden Brewer and his son, Bobby. Last Thursday, they began taking orders for live scallops freshly harvested …
ELLSWORTH — Aquaculture has been a big business in Maine for decades, but the industry is changing fast. Less than a decade ago, there seemed to be no good way for someone wanting to find out about growing shellfish or seaweed to stake a claim on a small patch of water and learn about what …
BROOKLIN — Romantics may dream of castles in Spain, but Spanish yacht designers, it seems, dream of boatbuilders in Maine. For the past few months, Brooklin Boat Yard has been busy with the construction of an as yet unnamed — or at least not publicly — 55-foot Spirit of Tradition racing yacht designed by Botin …
PORTLAND — In a move that shocked nobody, fisheries managers voted on Friday to extend the moratorium on shrimp fishing in the Gulf of Maine for three more years, through 2021. The action came at a meeting of the Northern Shrimp Section of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, which also approved modifications to the …
PENOBSCOT — Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose and sometimes victory and defeat are simultaneous. That, at least, is what the Taunton Bay Oyster Co. seems to be saying in the petition it filed in Kennebec County Superior Court late last month asking for a review of a decision by the Department of Marine Resources …
ELLSWORTH — Good news for gourmets. If the weekend’s snow events weren’t warning enough, winter is almost here. So, too, is the Maine scallop fishing season. The 2018-2019 scallop season gets underway in just a couple of weeks, with few changes from last season. The daily possession limit won’t change. As it was last winter …
CASTINE — It wasn’t that long ago that just about the only maritime jobs open to women were limited to the housekeeping and stewards departments on commercial vessels and large yachts. On the first weekend of November, Maine Maritime Academy and the Federal Maritime Administration (MARAD) hosted an event that reflects the changes in the …
DEER ISLE — Two Hancock County lobstermen are among the four lucky winners of a Department of Marine Resources lottery for the opportunity to get a scallop dragger license in time for the upcoming fishing season. The winners have the chance to become the first new entrants into the scallop fishery since 2009. More than …
ELLSWORTH — The courts of Hancock County took a solemn break from their usual business last Friday for a memorial ceremony honoring members of the county bar association who died in recent years. In a formal, oral motion, Bar Harbor attorney Lynne Williams asked the Superior Court overseen by Justice Bruce C. Mallonee “to pause …
