News of Maine's Coast and Islands
On Saturday, Sept. 28, Penobscot Marine Museum’s Maine Marine Fare takes a closer look at the state of Maine fisheries with a full day conference.
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Of 4,500 commercial lobster licenses in Maine, 200 are now held by women…
Carl Little
Selinger already has 20 customers and has booked shucking gigs for weddings, corporate parties…
Fried and eaten whole there is barely any work for the pleasure.
Kate Tagai
The Canadian government, conservationists, and fishermen are racing to put in place new measures to prevent ship strikes and fishing gear entanglements...
Craig Idlebrook
After withstanding coastal Maine weather for almost 150 years, the Swan’s Island Lighthouse is getting a much-needed facelift.
“We spent four years gathering social data to match the scale of the ecological data.”—Heather Leslie
Tom Groening
From hand-hauling lobster traps to selling more than 10 million pounds of bait annually, Jennie Bichrest knows the working waterfront inside out.
Issues facing the lobster industry surrounding access to bait could not have been planned for five years ago.
Rob Snyder, Ph.D.