DMR staff provided a comprehensive review of lobster research and recent landings during a session at the Maine Fishermen’s Forum. Department of Marine Resources (DMR) Commissioner Patrick Keliher announced the much anticipated news about 2017 … Continue reading
Category: Programs, ScienceThe Maine Lobster Marketing Collaborative (MLMC) is entering its sixth year of operation. Created by the Legislature in 2013, the MLMC has focused its activities on differentiating Maine lobster in the minds of consumers, driving … Continue reading
Category: ProgramsIn 1999 Maine passed a law that created the state’s Renewables Portfolio Standard, which mandated that 40% of retail electricity sold in the state would come from renewable sources by 2017. In 2009, an additional … Continue reading
Category: ProgramsWith the open enrollment period cut in half this year, your window to sign up for health insurance is closing quickly. Open enrollment ends December 15th and if you do not sign up now, you … Continue reading
Category: ProgramsThe Maine Fishermen’s Forum has awarded a total of $385,886 in scholarships since 1998 to students related to a person who is actively involved in the seafood industry. The awards given each year are based on the … Continue reading
Category: People, ProgramsThe Maine Coastal Program, formerly a program of the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, is now a Division of the Maine Department of Marine Resources. The move, made possible by the recently passed … Continue reading
Category: Management, ProgramsThe MLA is in the process of hiring a new health insurance Navigator; Alisha Keezer is no longer with MLA. The Association will continue to have trained Navigators on staff ready to answer your health … Continue reading
Category: People, ProgramsThe MLA is in the process of hiring a new health insurance Navigator; Alisha Keezer is no longer with the MLA. The Association will continue to have trained Navigators on staff ready to answer your … Continue reading
Category: ProgramsFirst published in Working Waterfront and reprinted with permission Look out at Rockland Harbor and you may see a tanker heading up the bay to Searsport, a midwater trawler coming in with a load of … Continue reading
Category: Miscellaneous, Programs, ScienceTraditionally, sales and marketing are customer-focused. And that is true here at the Maine Lobster Marketing Collaborative (MLMC). But every now and then, we get a chance to provide some feedback on issues that we … Continue reading
Category: Miscellaneous, Programs, Science