Fisheries and science are the subjects of talks along the coast, sponsored by Penobscot East Resource Center.

Aaron Bell and his wife Carly DelSignore founded Tide Mill Organic Farm 15 years ago on the shores of Cobscook Bay in Edmunds in Washington County. With a herd of 60 milking cows, dairy production represents 50 percent of the farm's operations. Chickens, pigs and gardening making up the other half.

Creating and maintaining this vital link between fisherman and market is what the Vinalhaven Fisherman’s Coop has been doing since the 1970s. The coop is one of several in Maine, and is second only in volume to Stonington Lobster Coop, selling 3 million pounds a year.

At a special town meeting on June 11, voters approved a plan that would allow hunters who own land on the island to take an unlimited number of deer from mid-December to the end of February. The plan, which carried in a 45-27 vote, is contingent on approval by the Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife

The gelatinous critters bothered swimmers, clogged bilge pumps, gummed up lobster traps, and fascinated ocean geeks like myself. In Northern Ireland, jellyfish 35-feet deep washed through a salmon farm, suffocating 100,000 fish...

I know he was being territorial, but I like to imagine it as avian curiosity about our human world.

What is the value of a fishing permit when the 18 stocks on that permit are in various states of collapse or rebuilding?

The caption on an earlier version of this story incorrectly identified the preferred route for a new bridge.

By Tom Groening

Massachusetts dedicates $11 million annually to controlling mosquito-borne illnesses, but spends a fraction of that on educational programs about ticks.