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Maine Maritime Academy students, officers and crew will depart Castine on Saturday, Jan. 2 at about 10:30 a.m. on the training ship State of Maine for a two-week training voyage to St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. The ship will carry 210 students and crew and is due to arrive on Jan. 8.

The witty and colorful Linda Greenlaw was the featured attraction that night, but a pall hung over the Maine Maritime Academy campus on the evening of Wednesday, Oct. 21.

To date, 60 lobsters have been genetically identified as American lobsters in European waters…

Maine's top lobster landing port each year is Stonington, and according to the Island Ad-Vantages newspaper, the value of landings in 2014 exceeded the previous year by $11 million, hitting a total value of $60 million.

We need more investment in targeted research to determine which species are likely to be most vulnerable to ocean acidification and at which stages of life.

To those with some knowledge of fishing, the term “jig” usually conjures up images of sport fishermen jerking rods up and down, often with some funky looking squid as bait. Darius Kasprzak, who makes his living as a commercial jig fisherman, uses automated jig machines...

A pending project to revitalize Stonington's Hagen Wharf is expected to boost a waterfront attraction central to the town's transient boater and tourist economy.

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 conservation measures to dozens of chefs, buyers, government officials and media in both cities.