The Economic Development Administration has awarded the Gulf of Maine Research Institute nearly $750,000 to help connect small businesses and entrepreneurs with leaders in the seafood industry to create digital platforms to promote growth, job creation and resiliency.
A pair of Ellsworth neighbors have breathed new life into an Atlantic white-sided dolphin that had washed ashore in Rye, N.H.
A bill seemingly proposed in response to a controversial salmon farm project in Frenchman Bay drew robust comment at the statehouse on Tuesday, with proponents arguing for a second look at the state’s aquaculture permitting process, while aquaculturists said the proposed changes could cripple a growing industry and be especially harmful to smaller businesses.
When Karl Brunner takes tourists out on his sail charters and lobster tours, he has a trusty paper nautical chart from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association that acts as a map to the ocean. It shows water depths, buoys, traffic lanes and navigation channels, and NOAA has been producing them to help guide mariners for nearly 200 years.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued new guidance for cruise lines last week, but the likelihood that any large cruise ships will be pulling into town any time soon remains low.
A Gouldsboro-based organic seaweed farmer is looking to officially hop on a lease in Frenchman Bay off Sorrento.
The Bar Harbor Town Council voted Tuesday night to restructure the harbor department, merging it with the police department, and to appoint Bar Harbor police Special Services Sergeant Chris Wharff to be the new harbormaster starting next month.
Bar Harbor town officials are looking at the possibility of demolishing the deteriorating former state ferry terminal and turning it into a municipal marina.
The elver season is already underway, but it likely won’t heat up in earnest until temperatures ratchet up a few more degrees. “People ain’t catching a whole lot right now,” said Ellsworth-based Darrell Young, the co-director of the Maine Elver Fishermen’s Association. The multimillion-dollar fishery opened on March 22, but local fishermen have reported little action while waiting for waters to warm up.
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