New publication offers tips on working waterfront life“Scuttlebutt: How to Live and Work in a Waterfront Community” is a new guide created by the Maine Coast Fishermen’s Association, featuring Harpswell and aimed at educating the … Continue reading
In the News – November 2022
First published in Landings, November 2022. Whale Statistics Modified, Little ChangesNMFS announced on October 24 that it would be using updated data in its preliminary 2020 North Atlantic right whale population estimate. The agency drew … Continue reading
In the News: January 2020
First published in Landings, January, 2020 First Right Whale Calf of the Season Seen The first right whale calf of the winter migration season was spotted in late December off the coast of Georgia. Aerial … Continue reading
Scallop Fishery Going Strong
America’s harvest of scallops is increasing to near-record levels at a time when the shellfish are in high demand and the value of the fishery has surged in recent years. Sea scallops, harvested mostly by … Continue reading
In the News
Environmental groups sue feds over seismic testingA group of conservation organizations, including the Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club, Surfrider Foundation, Center for Biological Diversity, Defenders of Wildlife, and Oceana, have asked a federal judge … Continue reading
Maine Scallop Farming Could Take a Big Leap Forward
A project in Maine, boosted by a new grant, would establish the first semi-automated commercial scallop aquaculture operations outside Japan. The $300,000 grant to CEI, a Brunswick business development organization, from the Foundation for Food … Continue reading
Wicasset Development Organization Awarded $300,000 Aquaculture Grant
The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research, a nonprofit corporation established by the 2014 Farm Bill, has awarded Coastal Enterprises Inc. a $300,000 research grant to investigate the economic viability of a Japanese scallop production … Continue reading
Maine fisheries still strong
First published in Landings, December 2014/January 2015. It wasn’t a cheerful fall. Fishermen along the coast lamented the closure, once again, of the winter fishing season for Northern shrimp. Groundfishermen bemoaned the emergency six-month closure … Continue reading
So You Want to Know: The terrible trouble with tunicates
First published in Landings, February, 2013. Invasive species are nothing new in the Gulf of Maine. Tunicates, also known as sea squirts or ascidians, are one group of invasive species that have been in the … Continue reading