first published in Landings, February, 2020 In the summer of 2018, the Department of Marine Resources (DMR) and partners at FB Environmental and the University of Maine received a three-year grant from NOAA to assess … Continue reading
Category: Community Voicesfirst published in Landings, February, 2020 If you are in a tax situation that seems overwhelming, just know you have options. The first thing you need to do is meet with an expert in tax … Continue reading
Category: Community VoicesThe evolution of technology in commercial fisheries is as constant as the industry itself. Traps, nets, engines, electronics, and materials have always been changing at varying paces through time. It is worth remembering that adopting … Continue reading
Category: Community VoicesFirst published in Landings, January, 2020 China and the EU (European Union) are major foreign markets for the American lobster. The lobster industry now finds itself caught in the middle of a perfect storm with … Continue reading
Category: Community VoicesIn 2019 Maine seafood was once again our state’s leading export commodity. It marks the 6th straight year seafood helped drive Maine’s exports. Through October, Maine exported over $408 million dollars of seafood products globally. … Continue reading
Category: Community VoicesThe Lifejackets for Lobstermen vans traveled to more than 40 harbors in Massachusetts and Maine, sometimes twice, from spring to late fall this year, offering different types of lifejackets for sale at 50% off the … Continue reading
Category: Community Voices, Health and Safety“Art is part of life. It’s no different with coastal communities than with any other community,” said Hugh French, director of the Tides Institute and Museum of Art in Eastport. French, an Eastport native, founded … Continue reading
Category: Community Voices, PeopleStetson and Pinkham sits on quiet Route 32, just past the tiny settlement of Winslow Mills in Waldoboro. In one of the sturdy buildings on the site is a remarkable museum of outboard motors and … Continue reading
Category: Community Voices, PeopleOur map of the ocean is about to get an upgrade. For thousands of years, the ocean was marked by blank spots on the map, and phrases like Hic Sunt Dracones (“here be dragons”). Over … Continue reading
Category: Community Voices, Management, PeopleA fundamental truth in life is the concept that “united we stand, divided we fall.” And that is abundantly true in the lobstering world. As a diverse community, the lobster industry is notorious for its … Continue reading
Category: Community Voices, People