CASTINE — Early Saturday morning, it looked like the Maine Retired Skippers Race was going to be a washout. Thick fog made Penobscot Bay invisible from the Maine Maritime Academy waterfront to the crews of the dozen boats registered for the event who were gathered for the pre-race skippers’ meeting. The forecast also called for …
PORTLAND — Scientists gathered at a downtown hotel last week for a three-day “peer review” of the latest Northern Shrimp Benchmark Stock Assessment from by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission. The assessment evaluates the condition of the Gulf of Maine northern shrimp resource and provides regulators with the information they need to manage the …
BEALS — The sparse population of Great Wass Island increased by a substantial factor earlier this month as visitors flocked to celebrate the grand opening of the newly expanded $6.6 million facility of the Downeast Institute (DEI) on Saturday, Aug. 11 The expansion incorporates a state-of-the-art shellfish hatchery and created the easternmost marine research laboratory …
SEARSPORT — On Saturday, Aug. 25, Southwest Harbor boatbuilder Ralph Stanley will present a talk titled “Sources of Inspiration” from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Penobscot Marine Museum in Searsport. Stanley will show some of the half models he has carved and explain how he used them to build full size boats. The …
ELLSWORTH — Jacques Cousteau may have written about “The Silent World” of the oceans, but in truth it is anything but that. Manmade oceanic noise pollution poses an increasing risk to marine life, and is the subject of the documentary “Sonic Sea,” which is being screened by the Schoodic Institute on Aug. 20 at The …
EASTPORT — Even in this era of escalating tariffs and heated rhetoric, it’s hard to think of Canada as anything but a friendly neighbor. That’s especially true in Maine where, for generations, people have crossed the border freely, sometimes several times a day, to commute between home and work or to visit with family. Cross-border …
ELLSWORTH — Fisheries regulators voted last week to freeze Maine’s annual landings quota for elvers at its current level, but approved an additional 200-pound quota just for aquaculture. Maine asked to increase its quota by 20 percent, from the current level of 9,688 pounds to 11,749. Department of Marine Resources Commissioner Patrick Keliher cited the …
ROCKLAND — Innovation? Luxury? A great pastrami sandwich? All were on display and, at least in the case of the sandwich, reasonably obtainable, at last weekend’s Maine Boat & Home Show on the waterfront in Rockland. Sponsored by Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors magazine, the show, which brought elegant power and sailboats from custom and …
WINTER HARBOR — In conjunction with its annual Lobster Festival, Winter Harbor has been hosting lobster boat races for 54 years, but somehow the event never seems to get old. Last Saturday morning, 96 boats signed up for the races and, by the time the day was through, there were some remarkably close finishes and …
