Category: Marine

Gov. Paul LePage

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Maine trade mission to Japan, China hailed as success

The notion of sustainable harvesting practices translates well into Chinese and Japanese, according to Deirdre Gilbert, policy director for the Maine Department of Marine Resources. Gilbert, who travelled to Tokyo and Shanghai on a trade mission with Gov. Paul LePage late last month, provided an overview of Maine’s lobster industry management and… SEE MORE
Ray Bowden enjoys the autumn sunshine on board the Bagheera.

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On board for autumn colors

Fall foliage and boats don't seem to go in hand in hand, but in Portland, the best way to see the season's colors is to cruise around Casco Bay's islands. SEE SLIDESHOW The Portland Schooner Company, based on the Maine State Pier, offers four daily two-hour sails throughout spring, summer… SEE MORE
Bar Island in Bar Harbor at low tide.

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Fathoming our tides

By Susie Arnold, Ph. D. and Heather Deese, Ph. D. The coast of Maine and neighboring Maritime Canada are extraordinary in many ways, but there is one way in which we are truly unique on the planet—the height of our tides. What are tides? Scientists define tides as the back… SEE MORE
Fish prices in Portland in January 2015.

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Obama should create marine national monument

By Peter Shelley A diverse group of marine-oriented businesses, hundreds of marine scientists, aquaria, faith-based organizations, conservation organizations and members of the public are calling on the Obama administration to designate the Cashes Ledge Closed Area in the Gulf of Maine and the New England Coral Canyons and Seamounts off… SEE MORE

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Calling all fishermen!

The Island Institute, publisher of The Working Waterfront, is working to help fishermen and other business people diversify into shellfish and seaweed aquaculture on Maine’s islands and remote coastal communities. Are you interested in growing shellfish? Have you thought about gaining a new source of income through growing mussels, oysters… SEE MORE
A Coast Guardsman salutes during 2011 ceremonies in Bass Harbor to commemorate mariners lost at sea.

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Guarding our coast, protecting our mariners

The El Faro tragedy—the loss of the cargo ship in early October, with the entire crew presumed dead—reminds us of the dangers of the sea. The United States Coast Guard’s week-long search for the ship, covering 172,000 square nautical miles, according to reports, reminds us of the valor of a… SEE MORE
Women work on the Virginia.

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Women wanted for Virginia work day Nov. 8

BATH — Women are invited to join a group of other volunteers at Maine’s First Ship’s waterfront boatshed on Sunday, Nov. 8, for the second annual Women’s Shipbuilding Day. Maine’s First Ship is building Virginia, a reconstruction of the first ship built by English colonists in 1607 at the mouth… SEE MORE
Chris Warner inspects the restoration design or Manomet's pioneer soft-shell clam farming experiment.

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Manomet lands $288,000 NOAA grant for clam farming work

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has awarded Manomet a two-year, $288,000 grant to help Maine towns set up softshell clam farms. The grant comes from the NOAA/National Marine Fisheries Service Saltonstall-Kennedy Grants Program, which funds projects that address the needs of fishing communities, optimize economic benefits by building and maintaining… SEE MORE