Category: Business

A right whale that has recovered from wounds linked to fishing gear.

Working Waterfront

Right whale story misled readers

By Patrice McCarron I was disheartened by the article on the plight of North Atlantic right whales on the front page of April’s The Working Waterfront. The story and accompanying photo misleads the public about interactions between the Maine lobster fishery and right whales and runs counter to the Island… SEE MORE
A right whale and her calf.

Working Waterfront

DMR wins grant to study right whale protection

The Maine Department of Marine Resources has been awarded a grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to improve the data used to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales. The $714,245 grant will support a three-year project beginning this summer to improve and add data on fishing gear that… SEE MORE
South Portland's Portland Street pier.

Working Waterfront

South Portland ponders fishing pier upgrades

By Jacqueline Weaver Proposals for South Portland’s Portland Street Pier, a long time overnight station for local fishermen, range from the modest—adding parking spaces and giving the place a facelift—to the ambitious, with a rebuilt and enlarged pier that could lead to an active fish farming program. A rough estimate… SEE MORE
An advertisement used by the Maine Office of Tourism on the theme of originality.

Working Waterfront

Tourist numbers strong in 2017, but labor shortage looms

Traverse Burnett opened his presentation at the Governor’s Tourism Conference in Portland on April 4 by showing a photo of his children on vacation on Peaks Island in September 2013. It seemed like an odd choice, indulging in a personal slideshow in front of more than 500 people. The next… SEE MORE