Invasive green crabs responsible for decimating Maine's soft-shell clam industry are being investigated for possible culinary purposes. Art conservator Jonathan Taggart, marine biologist Marissa McMahan, and Georgetown lobsterman Chris Jamison traveled to Venice last year to learn the secrets of harvesting green crabs for gourmet dishes.

“This is about public health and our economy," said Ivy Frignoca, the Casco Bay baykeeper.

The elements that would fill the magazine he has published for 30 years were all at hand. John Hanson remembers that day in the late 1980s clearly, sailing with artist friends through the Fox Islands Thoroughfare, eating a gourmet lunch, watching dinghy races.

The book's main narrative turns on daily life in the shop, which comes through vividly in descriptions of the boatyard…

Marine Mammals of Maine responds to about 50 stranded seal pups each year. Doughty believes the facility could help another 10 stranded seal pups, each year, if...

Educational Passages provides schools, for a cost, with 5-foot-long plexiglass boats that are equipped with GPS tracking devices. The boats are launched along the East Coast and most of the time, they are carried by the Gulf Stream and North Atlantic Drift currents to Europe.

Beaches Conference to address access, erosion

“The mussels I used to see in Back Cove three to four years ago are now gone. I don’t have an answer why.” —Peter Stocks

While she is serving breakfast, she gets lunch started and when she’s serving lunch, she has mid-afternoon snacks and dinner underway.