Schoodic Marine Center opens improved facilities June 21, 2018 by Maxwell Hauptman on News, Waterfront WINTER HARBOR — As the summer season goes into high gear, tourists and local and seasonal residents boarding and disembarking from the two ferries and other vessels will find improved and expanded facilities at the Schoodic Marine Center. Located off Sargent Street, at the head of Henry Cove, Schoodic Institute’s marina complex now features a …
International salmon agreements affect west Greenland fisheries June 21, 2018 by Stephen Rappaport on News, Waterfront ELLSWORTH — Last month, the North Atlantic Salmon Federation and the Atlantic Salmon Federation announced agreements that would limit the commercial harvest of Atlantic salmon off the coast of Greenland and around the Faroe Islands, an archipelago of 18 rocky islands belonging to Denmark lying between Iceland and Norway in the North Atlantic. The effect …
Bass Harbor lobster boat races set for Sunday June 21, 2018 by Sarah Hinckley on News, Waterfront TREMONT — Sign up early to get into the eighth annual Lobster Boat Races in Bass Harbor on Sunday, but try not to be too upset about your prize. “The slowest boat here could end up with the best prize,” said race coordinator and fisherman Wayne “Cooly” Rich. “We do it a bit differently.” Registration …
Lobster boat racing season is under way June 20, 2018 by Stephen Rappaport on News, Waterfront ROCKLAND — Maine’s summer lobster boat racing season opened last weekend with turnouts of nearly 50 boats both at Boothbay Harbor on Saturday and at Rockland on Sunday. Both races drew several new boats, including several from Downeast, and both events saw some impressive speed runs, though no records were broken. This year, race organizers …
Schooner Bowdoin sets sail for educational cruises June 20, 2018 by Staff on Waterfront CASTINE — Maine Maritime Academy’s schooner Bowdoin, a national historic landmark and the official vessel of the state of Maine, will be home to two groups of students in the school’s Vessel Operations and Technology program this summer. The students will be sailing coastwise and offshore as part of sail training courses during which they …
Historical society proposes museum June 19, 2018 by Staff on News, Waterfront VERONA ISLAND — The Verona Historical Society is raising money to purchase land for its future SS Roosevelt Discovery Museum. Historical Society Board President Ken Cox sent a press release that said the society is soliciting tax-deductible donations to purchase land for the project. The museum will focus on shipbuilding days of the 1800s, the history …
Halibut landings up, so Maine halibut landings to go down June 14, 2018 by Stephen Rappaport on News, Waterfront ELLSWORTH — Just as in the physical world, it’s a quirk of the regulatory world of fisheries management that when something goes up, something must go down, and it isn’t always the same thing. Last week, the Department of Marine Resources held a series of public hearings in Ellsworth, Machias and Augusta on a proposed …
River closed to clamming likely to reopen soon June 14, 2018 by Dick Broom on News, Waterfront ELLSWORTH — The Department of Marine Resources (DMR) closed a section of the Jordan River between Trenton and Lamoine to shellfish harvesting late last month after what the deparatment said was “the identification of a pollution point source.” Pam Parker, water enforcement manager with the Maine Department of Environment Protection, said on Tuesday that the …
Lobster boat racing season starts Saturday June 14, 2018 by Stephen Rappaport on News, Waterfront ELLSWORTH — The summer solstice arrives in the early morning on June 21, but celestial observations notwithstanding, summer truly arrives this Saturday when the 2018 Maine lobster boat racing season gets under way at Boothbay Harbor. Lobster fishermen have undoubtedly been racing their working boats since the first time two of them moored in the …
Downeast aquaculture research gets funding June 12, 2018 by Staff on Environment, News, Waterfront ELLSWORTH — Maine EPSCoR’s (Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research) Sustainable Ecological Aquaculture Network (SEANET) is funding two projects in Washington County aimed at better understanding the effects of environmental change and management policies on soft-shell clams and Atlantic sea scallops. “The goal of SEANET’s mini-grant program is to respond rapidly to aquaculture R&D needs …
