If you happen to be visiting any of Maine’s hundreds of commercial wharves this month you are bound to notice how hard everyone on the dock is working. October is a busy month for Maine’s … Continue reading
Category: Community Voices, MLA NewsCombine sunshine, a great view over the water on Bailey’s Island, and good food and drink, and you have a recipe for success. Add overwhelming support for lobstermen in need and you have the third … Continue reading
Category: Miscellaneous, PeopleCan the Maine lobster industry survive a 70% reduction in herring? Lobstermen will find out next year as a result of sweeping changes to the herring management plan adopted by the New England Fishery Management … Continue reading
Category: ManagementCameron Murphy, 26, started lobstering on Long Island when he was 13. He had five traps and was sponsored by local lobsterman Tommy Marr. His father is a merchant seaman and food processing engineer and … Continue reading
Category: Management, PeopleV-notching is a conservation practice that lobstermen have been employing since the early 20th century. Researchers of UMaine, NOAA and the Gulf of Maine Research Institute estimate that the increase in the Gulf of Maine … Continue reading
Category: Management, MLA NewsNew regs for trawls in Zone B start in October A new rule limiting the number of traps on a single trawl line to five in a specific Zone B area from the six-mile line … Continue reading
Category: Miscellaneous, MLA NewsThe University of Maine announced in late August that Dr. Richard A. Wahle would become the next director of the Lobster Institute effective September 1. Wahle is a research professor in the University’s School of … Continue reading
Category: Miscellaneous, PeopleThe fall groundfish trawl survey conducted by the State of Maine Dept. of Marine Resources is scheduled to begin October 1 in New Hampshire working east to Lubec. The ME/NH trawl survey provides valuable information … Continue reading
Category: Management, ProgramsJames Milne Knott, founder of Riverdale Mills Corporation, passed away on August 16 at the age of 88. Knott was born in 1929 in Brighton, Massachusetts. He starred as a high school wrestler at The … Continue reading
Category: Community Voices, PeopleMaine is famous for delicious lobsters, and people all over the world crave these crustaceans. With such high demand, exporting is a great way to expand a business by increasing market size, providing the opportunity … Continue reading
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