I looked forward to turning the calendar on 2020. 2021 would of course be better; how can it not be? The lobster industry has plenty of reason to feel hopeful. The lobster resource remains healthy, … Continue reading
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Industry Increasingly Concerned Over State’s Wind Plan
Due to the speed with which the state of Maine was pushing an application to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management for an offshore lease in order to construct a wind energy research array in … Continue reading
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Offshore Wind Farms An Unequivocal ‘No’
For more than 50 years I have understood that humans need to reduce their fossil fuel consumption, and that green technology, giving us solar, hydro, and wind power, are great alternative options. Through my association … Continue reading
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NMFS calls for deeper cuts over ten years to protect whales
Right whales will continue to decline unless other actions taken Two major announcements related to North Atlantic right whales and the U.S. lobster fishery were made by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) as 2020 … Continue reading
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Governor’s Offshore Wind Plan Frustrates Fishermen
Governor Janet Mills surprised many in Maine’s fishing communities when she announced on November 20 her administration’s intent to apply to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) for a lease to construct an offshore … Continue reading
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Massachusetts Offshore Wind Project Screeches to a Halt
In an abrupt decision, the Bureau of Offshore Energy Management (BOEM) announced on December 15 that the application process for Vineyard Wind, a wind energy development in federal waters off Massachusetts, was terminated. The final … Continue reading
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Guest Column: Reflections of 2020 in The Rear View Mirror
In a few more months, I will have been working out of DMR’s Augusta Office (more affectionately referred to as “the bait shed”) for two years and I wonder where the time has gone? When … Continue reading
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Guest Column: 2020 — The Year of Challenges
I ended last year’s guest column optimistically looking ahead to 2020, to ending the uncertainties of 2019. Few could have predicted that in addition to ongoing trade policy challenges, the world would face a global … Continue reading
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Maine Fishermen’s Forum 2021
Recent Updates and Information. The In-person Forum has been canceled. The Maine Fishermen’s Forum has been serving the commercial fishing community of Maine for over 45 years, and even though they are unable to host … Continue reading
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Steaming Ahead – January 2021
The Year in Review I’m not sure that Franklin D. Roosevelt had the Maine lobster industry in mind when he said, “When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and … Continue reading
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