MIT Sea Grant decided to expand the manual to coastal communities in Maine.

To meet a state mandate to raise half its operating funds from customers, the Maine State Ferry Service has proposed raising rates during the busy summer months and lowering them in the off season.

It’s hard to get a fix on just what Jim Harkins has going in his Portland warehouse. Is it a nautical-themed flea market? A maritime museum? A high-end nautical antique store? A kind of Goodwill store for boat owners?

The overall value of rockweed, after it's been processed into retail products, is around $20 million per year…

“The last several surveys have been very disappointing, with below average recruitment.”

—Maggie Hunter of DMR

Maine shrimp from the research catches are available now and they are being snapped up by seafood wholesalers…

“The boatyards that are willing to innovate and diversify their services are doing well, and will be successful," said Sue Swanton of the Maine Marine Trades Association.

Kelp spores are introduced to a beaker or aquarium. String is then wrapped around a section of PVC pipe and the pipe is immersed in the water with the spores. The spores attach to the twine, and when they reach a certain size...

The July 21, 1875 Daily Kennebec Journal reported that 65 sturgeon was the largest haul in one night.