Oyster farm expansion draws no opposition
The farm would grow and harvest between 100,000 to 400,000 oysters at any given time of the year in cages on the bottom inside a 2.2-acre area in the secluded salt pond.
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Elvers fetch $2,154 per pound
As of April 16, the Maine Department of Marine Resources reported the 2022 preliminary landings that compare to a total of 8,960.97 pounds in 2020
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Board approves changes to Thurston’s Lobster Pound pier
For several years, the owners of Thurston’s have been negotiating with the town about the position of their floats for two of their establishments.
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Dealers scramble to supply lobstermen ahead of gear change deadline
May 1 is the deadline for commercial lobstermen in Maine to trawl up, use weaker rope or insert weak links and mark gear with the state color purple.
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Barge repair underway
Mumbles, which was moored at the park, went down in the storm that hit over Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend.
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Maritime Shorts: Extension request, Brook trout sale, Climate Change discussion
In a March 30 letter, Maine representatives requested a delay in the implementation of part of the National Marine Fisheries Service’s new Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan rule.
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Vessel tracking to start in 2023
All lobster and Jonah crab fishermen in federal waters will soon need electronic tracking devices on their vessels while fishing there.
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DMR brings news of declining young lobsters, resiliency measures to local lobstermen
The measures being considered are increasing gauge sizes, increasing minimum and decreasing maximum legal catch sizes, modifying V-notch rules or doing nothing.
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River Herring Network receives grant support
The Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries (MCCF) was recently awarded funding to support river herring/alewife initiatives locally, in the state of Maine and beyond.
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Concerns aired over proposed Frenchman Bay mussel seed farm
The Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) held a public hearing on the proposal on March 28 and 29 both online and at Bar Harbor Town Hall.
