AUGUSTA (AP) — Republican Gov. Paul LePage is applauding the news that a new seafood processing facility is about to launch in eastern Maine. LePage said Monday that Campobello Holdings will soon begin operations at its new plant in Eastport. He says the company plans to create 15 new jobs over the next two years. […]
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Lobster lifts Maine to 3rd for seafood catch
PORTLAND— A new report shows that Maine’s seafood harvest last year was the third most valuable among the states, thanks to lobster. An annual report released Wednesday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows that Alaska’s seafood harvest was the nation’s tops by far in terms of value, followed by Massachusetts and Maine. Maine’s […]
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Maine’s 2012 seafood harvest worth record $528M; haul by weight was largest since 1950
PORTLAND (AP) — Maine’s seafood harvest topped half a billion dollars for the first time as fishermen had the second-largest haul by weight since 1950, according to preliminary 2012 statistics released by the Department of Marine Resources. For the year, fishermen harvested 318 million pounds of fish, shellfish and other marine species valued at $527.7 […]
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LePage extols the virtues of Maine lobster with care packages to other governors
AUGUSTA — In an effort to promote Maine’s lobster industry, Gov. Paul LePage is shipping packages of lobster meat to the 49 other U.S. governors. “What better time than summer to share the iconic Maine lobster?” LePage said in a prepared statement. “I want my friends and colleagues across the country to experience the flavor of […]
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Seafood empire, based in Topsham, gaining national notoriety
TOPSHAM — Tucked behind a warren of strip malls in Topsham, Hancock Gourmet Lobster Co. looks like a typical manufacturing facility. In a featureless expanse, workers in smocks and hairnets prepare and package delicacies. Boxes are stacked for shipping, and in the front office, administrators work the phones. But this workaday appearance masks the high-wattage […]