first published in Landings, February, 2020 Maine Department of Marine Resources Commissioner Patrick Keliher swore in two future Marine Patrol Officers recently. Keegan Nelligan of Abington, Massachusetts and Evan Whidden of Harpswell will begin serving … Continue reading
Category: Peoplefirst published in Landings, February, 2020 On January 23, Captain Arnold “Joe” Nickerson, a fourth-generation lobsterman, and his crewman, Chris Pinkham, of Boothbay Harbor, were killed when Nickerson’s boat, the 45-foot Hayley Ann, capsized and … Continue reading
Category: PeopleThe Maine lobster industry has lost one of its treasures. Ed Blackmore passed away in late December at the age of 92. His obituary in the Bangor Daily News gives a sense of his amazing … Continue reading
Category: PeopleFirst published in Landings, January, 2020 Fishing in the winter is hard. The temperature, the wind, the onset of sudden and brutal storms, all make lobstering during a Maine winter a hazardous way to make … Continue reading
Category: PeopleFirst published in Landings, January, 2020 You often hear of a man passing on his skills and ultimately his business to his son, but it’s not that frequently we hear of a woman doing the … Continue reading
Category: PeopleFirst published in Landings, January, 2020 The Department of Marine Resources recently hired Amber Lisi to lead research efforts for the state scallop fishery. For the past year, Lisi has served as a fisheries research … Continue reading
Category: PeopleBarton Seaver is known to many Maine residents and visitors for the work he has done with the Maine Lobster Marketing Collaborative promoting new-shell lobster. Others across the country know him as a proponent of … Continue reading
Category: People“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
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