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Offshore Wind Farms An Unequivocal ‘No’

Posted on January 29, 2021January 29, 2021 by Jack Merrill, Islesford lobsterman and MLA board member in Community Voices, Wind

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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Guest Column: Reflections of 2020 in The Rear View Mirror

Posted on January 5, 2021January 5, 2021 by Col. Jay Carroll, Maine Marine Patrol in Community Voices

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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Maine Fishermen’s Forum 2021

Posted on January 5, 2021January 5, 2021 by Maine Fishermen's Forum Staff in Community Voices

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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Good-bye 2020: An End of the Year Wrap-up from DMR

Posted on January 5, 2021January 5, 2021 by Patrick Keliher, Department of Marine Resources Commissioner in Community Voices

As 2020 slowly draws to a close, I’d like to share with you one last monthly update on the work of Maine DMR before we close the books on a year of challenges. Policy and … Continue reading →

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A Success Story Takes Shape in Boothbay Harbor

Posted on November 25, 2020November 25, 2020 by Melissa Waterman in Community Voices

It may seem that the world is a little grim these days. But in Boothbay Harbor, fishermen and town residents are seeing a bright spot on their horizon. The Boothbay Region Maritime Foundation is closing … Continue reading →

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Maine’s Historic Harbors: Pine Point, Scarborough

Posted on September 9, 2020September 9, 2020 by Melissa Waterman in Community Voices

Pine Point, a small harbor where the Scarborough, Nonesuch and Libby Rivers converge in Scarborough, has always been an important local fishing harbor. For centuries fishermen from the area mostly kept to their coastal waters, … Continue reading →

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Guest Column: Rough waters for Maine Lobstermen

Posted on May 20, 2020 by Patrick Keliher in Community Voices

Coronavirus has created unprecedented challenges for Maine’s lobster fishery. Traditional market channels are constrained in ways we could never have imagined, forcing the industry to reinvent itself, practically on a daily basis. Direct to consumers … Continue reading →

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Lobstering Laws: Will the Whales Win?

Posted on May 7, 2020 by Jerry Fraser in Community Voices

First published in National Fisherman, April 21. Reprinted with permission. It was December 2000, and both houses of Congress were itching to go home. They just needed to wrap up the budget — the new … Continue reading →

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Walking the Tightrope of Survival

Posted on May 7, 2020 by Jon Sackton in Community Voices

First published on April 21 in Urner Barry’s Seafoodnews.com. Reprinted with permission. There is a path through this, but it is like staying on a tightrope, with the slightest mistake causing a disastrous fall.  The … Continue reading →

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Assessing Vertical Line Use & Functional Breaking Strength in the Maine Lobster Fishery

Posted on February 25, 2020February 12, 2020 by Erin Summers and Amanda Gavin in Community Voices

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 →

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