Maintaining shoreline access, preserving brood stock, better coordinating with neighboring towns and dealing with “bad eggs” are just some of the issues keeping municipal shellfish program managers up at night.
For the second year in a row, fishermen bringing their catch ashore in Southwest Harbor landed the town a seventh-place spot on the state’s Department of Marine Resources list of top 10 ports by value with a total catch of $20,720,000.
NOAA has announced that it will focus on helping fishermen comply with the new rules rather than punishing them for failing to do so in time.
Scheckel joined the team March 7 and will also oversee advertising in The Ellsworth American.
The bill would have required municipalities to have a designated official or entity responsible for overseeing mooring privileges in inland waters.
At $724,949,426, the landed value increased by 75 percent over 2020, by far the single largest increase in value from one year to the next, according to the Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR).
The decision to sell the historic brick building on Water Street was both poignant and practical. Maintaining two large buildings was expensive and space needs have changed over the years.
DMR officials say they will confirm the timing of the closure and get word out about the details to the fishing industry.
Six people, including four from Hancock County, have been charged with felony drug trafficking offenses following a months-long investigation into a suspected Detroit, Mich.-based drug ring with Maine ties
The Ellsworth American this month upgraded its platemaking machine for the printing press at 1 Printing House Square in Ellsworth. This is where the Islander is printed each week.
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