No records set but racing was great Sunday on Deer Island Thorofare July 10, 2018 by Stephen Rappaport on News, Waterfront STONINGTON — If last weekend’s doings off the tip of Deer Isle are any indication, lobster boat racing in Maine is more popular than ever. On Sunday morning, 106 boats registered for the Stonington Lobster Boat Races. With seven events left in this year’s 12-race season, that represented the largest fleet of the year and …
Game wardens crack down on drunk boating, violations July 10, 2018 by Staff on News, Waterfront ELLSWORTH — Don’t drink and drive anything, including your boat. That was the central message of Operation Dry Water, which wrapped up recently in Maine. The effort was part of a nationwide law enforcement campaign to curb drinking and boating. With temperatures in the 80s, many Mainers and visitors were hitting the water and game wardens …
Video: Plans for Belfast salmon farm outlined video July 9, 2018 by Staff on News, Waterfront Nordic Aquafarms has released a 3-D animated video of plans for its Belfast facility. The video shows how both phases of the state-of-the-art land-based facility will fit into the landscape.
Center for Coastal Fisheries to lead groundbreaking research effort July 5, 2018 by Stephen Rappaport on Environment, News, Waterfront STONINGTON — A new collaborative research effort involving the Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries, NOAA Fisheries and the Department of Marine Resources could lead to significant changes in the way fisheries are managed in the Gulf of Maine. In the works for more than two years, the research consortium will be known as the Eastern …
Moosabec Reach races are a speed extravaganza July 3, 2018 by Stephen Rappaport on News, Waterfront JONESPORT — Fishermen probably have been racing lobster boats on Moosabec Reach for as long as there were two of them moored between Beals Island and Jonesport but almost certainly never so many at one time as last Saturday. Historically, the Moosabec Reach Lobster Boat Races have been held, in most years at least, on …
Union River’s latest fish kill blamed on water flows at Leonard Lake dam July 3, 2018 by Stephen Rappaport on Environment, News, Waterfront ELLSWORTH — A fish kill on the Union River last week is being blamed on high water flows at the Leonard Lake dam. The company that operates the facility said it had taken all needed steps to reduce harm to migrating juvenile alewives. Last Wednesday, a fisherman spotted large numbers of dead or injured baby …
Invasive plant watchers gird for Eurasian milfoil July 2, 2018 by Kate Cough on Environment, News, Waterfront ELLSWORTH — Last week’s confirmation of the discovery of aggressive Eurasian water milfoil (Myriophyllum spiactum) on a boat entering a lake in Norway (along with the “alarming” discovery by Maine Department of Environmental Protection staff of a non-native mussel) has put invasive species-watchers in the state on high alert. But Roberta Hill isn’t daunted by …
Whole Oceans names production head July 2, 2018 by Staff on Business, News, Waterfront BUCKSPORT — Whole Oceans, the company planning to build a salmon farm on the former Verso mill site, announced Monday that Joe McElwee has joined the company as chief production officer. McElwee, an Ireland native, has 36 years of experience across the entire aquaculture industry, including more than 20 years in the design and operation …
Hospice Regatta adds a third day July 2, 2018 by Stephen Rappaport on News, Waterfront ELLSWORTH — July is here and with it comes news that the 22nd annual Hospice Regatta of Maine has adopted a new format. For the past several years, the event that is the biggest fundraiser of the year for the Hospice Volunteers of Hancock County has encompassed races for several different sailboat classes spread out …
Downeast Institute nears completion of $6.6 million expansion June 28, 2018 by Stephen Rappaport on Environment, News, Waterfront BEALS — Fifteen years ago, the Downeast Institute moved from an old wooden barn on the shore of Beals Island into a disused lobster storage facility on the shore of Black Duck Cove on Great Wass Island. With the help of a National Science Foundation grant, it began work to convert the cavernous building into …
