By 2021, Bangs Island Mussels plans to more than double production and hire more than 10 new employees, reflecting a growing market for the Casco Bay-grown mussels.
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New law would make it harder to establish aquaculture operations in Maine
The proposal comes as some lobstermen are sounding the alarm that the increase in fish and shellfish farming in the state’s waters could limit their ability to lay traps.
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Public to weigh in on stricter rules for locating Maine aquaculture sites
Activists want state regulators to consider alternate sites before approving new seafood farms.
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New trend bubbles up: Fish pedicures
A Gaza Strip business buys into the school of thought that our feet can be fish feed.
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Maine gaining lobster in northern migration; ocean warming blamed
PORTLAND — The lobster population has crashed to the lowest levels on record in southern New England while climbing to heights never before seen in the cold waters off Maine and other northern reaches — a geographic shift that scientists attribute in large part to the warming of the ocean. The trend is driving lobstermen […]
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Researcher aims to forecast Maine economic impact of red tide
ROCKPORT — A marine researcher is working on a tool he says will allow the state to forecast the level of economic loss suffered by its shellfish industry due to a harmful algae bloom called red tide, which discolors water and makes mussels and clams unsafe for people to eat. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution senior […]
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Ice jams up business on Maine’s waterways
Scott Werner of Portland said this winter has been “a horror show” for lobster fishermen like himself. The ice has prevented him from getting his boat out to fish in recent weeks, and cut into his ability to make money in the already slow winter lobstering season, he said. “I’m not going to risk it. […]
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Feds close part of Gulf of Maine herring fishery
PORTLAND — The federal government is shutting down the Atlantic herring fishery for part of the Gulf of Maine until May. The National Marine Fisheries Service is projecting that the fishery has already exceeded 92 percent of its total allowable catch for October, November and December in the inshore Gulf of Maine area. The service […]
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State worries what will happen if all lobster license holders used them
ROCKPORT — Lobster fishing, the most lucrative commercial fishery in Maine with last year’s catch valued at $364.5 million, has a secret. That is that nearly a third of the 6,000 people who hold Maine lobster licences are not actively fishing and catch almost nothing. Almost half of the license holders land less than 14 […]
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Hearings set for new limits on Maine scallops
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine fishery officials are holding public hearings on proposed rules for the next scallop-fishing season. For most of the state from New Hampshire to the Canadian line, the Department of Marine Resources is proposing a 70-day season with a daily catch limit from Dec. 2 into late March. The department is also […]