COA student designs project around thresher shark remains
The female shark, weighing in at 280 pounds, was 13 feet long, including a 6-foot tail.
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Trout Unlimited to meet May 18
ELLSWORTH — All are welcome to join Downeast Trout Unlimited for its last meeting of the season on Wednesday, May 18, at 5:30 p.m. The meeting will take place online via Zoom. Lou Zambello will present “20 Awesome Places to Fly Fish in New England That You May Not Have Heard of or Tried.” Zambello …
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Gouldsboro ordinance to focus on finfish
At their regular meeting Tuesday, May 3, Planning Board members unanimously agreed to limit the ordinance’s focus to finfish-related operations on land.
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Access, conservation among priorities for shellfish managers
Bailey Bowden, chairman of the Penobscot Shellfish Committee, had a laundry list of suggested improvements for the council.
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DMR adopts new Zone B trawl limit
AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Resources April 21 modified an existing rule requiring a three-trap maximum in Zone B to a five-trap maximum to comply with new federal rules. A trawl may not have more than five lobster traps between the 3-mile and 6-mile lines in Zone B. The 2021 Atlantic Large Whale Take …
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Landings value shatters record
All but two fisheries with reportable landings saw an increase in the per-pound value in 2021 when compared to 2020, according to DMR. Elver harvesters benefited from the biggest increase.
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Magazine changes hands
ROCKLAND — Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors Magazine has a new owner. Ted Ruegg has taken the helm as publisher of the magazine, which has been celebrating Maine boatbuilders and life on the coast for over three decades. Ruegg, whose family has longtime ties to Maine, has worked in the marine industry for 35 years, …
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American Aquafarms buys seafood plant
The Maine departments of Marine Resources and Environmental Protection on April 20 and 21 terminated the company’s lease permit and wastewater discharge license applications.
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Groups question aquaculture “roadmap”
“The report reads as the de facto vision for the future of aquaculture in Maine for the next decade and closes the door on a broader dialogue,” according to the letter.
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Inland boaters will have to pass a safety course
The law is scheduled to take effect on Jan. 1, 2024, and apply to anyone born in 1999 or later.
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Recent lease updates
ELLSWORTH — While American Aquafarms’ applications for a large-scale salmon operation in Frenchman Bay have been terminated by the state Department of Marine Resources, the agency continues to usher a list of other proposed leases in the area through the regulatory process. Here are some of the projects under consideration or recently approved: Applicant: Arnold …
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Sea and shore trash imperils bird species
The report outlines three main threats: ingestion, entanglement and entrapment and habitat degradation.