LAMOINE — The Lamoine Conservation Commission is hosting a public meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 10, at 7 p.m. at the Lamoine Consolidated School. Brian Beal, professor of marine ecology at the University of Maine Machias and director of the marine field station at UMM, will be speaking about his decades-long research on soft-shell clams. Since …
WINTER HARBOR — Commercial fishing is one of Maine’s oldest industries. It is also facing rapid adjustments based on environmental changes and emerging technologies. More than 100 Downeast area high school students gathered at the Schoodic Institute last week as part of the Eastern Maine Skippers Program to learn about these changes. The event was …
STONINGTON — The Maine Seacoast Mission vessel Sunbeam V sailed into Stonington on Thursday, Sept. 13, for the boat’s annual routine maintenance visit to Billings Diesel & Marine. Missing the tide by just 15 minutes, the Sunbeam V waited until the next day to be hauled out of the water at the shipyard located, appropriately, …
PENOBSCOT — Some people like their oysters dressed with just a squirt of lemon juice. Some people prefer a mignonette with wine vinegar and shallots. In Penobscot, the choice may well be hot sauce. Late last month, Department of Marine Resources Commissioner Patrick Keliher signed off on a 10-year aquaculture lease that will allow the …
BELFAST — The mills of the gods are said to grind slow and so, it seems, does the process for establishing a land-based salmon farm. Last week, Nordic Aquafarms, which has plans to build a state-of-the-art land-based salmon farm in Belfast, gave a formal notice that it will file an application for a wastewater discharge …
SOUTHWEST HARBOR — State inspectors who descended on Charlotte’s Legendary Lobster Pound, where the owner is experimenting with using marijuana to calm her major menu item, found no violations during recent visits. But that might just be because the meat of marijuana-sedated lobsters has yet to be served to the public. In the last week, …
ELLSWORTH — With bait prices on the rise and in short supply, the New England Fishery Management Council met in Plymouth, Mass., on Tuesday to take final action on an amendment to the Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic herring. It’s a step that some lobstermen fear will prevent them from getting the bait they need …
BUCKSPORT — The 3rd annual International Maritime Film Festival gets under way Friday at the Alamo Theatre in Bucksport with several remarkable films on the program. The festival is a juried event with entries from around the world in several film categories. In the feature-length division, “Captain of Utopia,” by French filmmaker Sarah Del Ben, …
LAMOINE — The Newport International Boat Show has long been considered one of the most prestigious of the annual yachting expositions held up and down the Atlantic Coast as the New England boating season nears its end. The annual event draws exhibitors, and visitors, from all over the United States and around the world. Last …
SOUTHWEST HARBOR — A lobster named Roscoe was the first to experience a technique lobster pound owner Charlotte Gill is hoping will lead to a more humane way of executing lobsters. In an experiment to test the effect of cannabis on lobsters, Roscoe the lobster was placed for a few minutes in a covered box …
