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Film, discussion to focus on fisheries’ future
Fish stocks such as cod, haddock and flounder — groundfish that are critical to Maine’s coastal economy and heritage — have collapsed over the past two decades. On Thursday, August 16, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. at the Strand Theatre on Main Street in Rockland, the Island Institute and the Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance (NAMA) will
Marine Shield
Bethel Park, Pennsylvania A Lubricant that Does the Job In this day and age, it’s difficult to find a product that lives up to its advertising, but one does exist, and I found it. Marine Shield is a Teflon-free specialty lubricant manufactured in western Pennsylvania by Steel Shield Technologies. The product was invented by George
Program funds two rounds of projects, seeks more funding
The Working Waterfront Coalition, working with legislators and state agencies, did the groundwork to establish Maine’s Working Waterfront Access Pilot Program, funded by a $12 million Land for Maine’s Future (LMF) bond issue that included $2 million for preserving working waterfront properties. The funds are administered through the Department of Marine Resources and the Land
State awards working waterfront protection grants
Six applicants — the Town of Machiasport, the Sprucehead Fishermen’s Co-op, the Boothbay Region Land Trust, groups advocating for Holbrook’s Wharf on Cundy’s Harbor, the Town of Isle au Haut and Perio Point Shellfish on Beals Island — will benefit from Maine’s first Working Waterfront Protection grants. The grants are funded from $2 million in
Grants available to protect Maine’s working waterfronts
The $12 million bond for the Land for Maine’s Future Program passed last November included a $2 million set-aside for projects that protect strategically significant working waterfront properties. Increasing demand for coastal waterfront land, rising land values and property taxes have made it difficult for commercial fishing businesses to retain working access to the water.
Baldacci signes LD1972
Gov. John Baldacci signed Maine’s new Working Waterfront Current Use Taxation law (LD 1972) and Working Waterfront Covenants (LD 1930) at a press event in Augusta on June 7. LD 1972 allows waterfront property that supports the commercial fishing industry to be taxed based on its current use. LD 1930 allows a working waterfront business
Whale necropsy in Trenton attracts numerous volunteers
In Bar Harbor on June 6, people gathered from miles around to view the remains of 46-fot-long sub-adult sperm whale. The whale, which had been dead for about a month, was last seen off Heron Island near Boothbay. The Bar Harbor Whale Watch Company towed it by boat to Trenton where permission was granted by
Gary Parsons, 1941-2006 A Fisherman’s Life that was an Example to All
Gary Parsons of Bar Harbor died unexpectedly at his home on June 2, 2006, at the age of 65. Fishing was not only in his blood, it was his life. He started fishing in 1961 and 45 years later, until the week of his death, he was one of the first ones down at the
Atlantic Herring: At the Center of the Food and Fishery Web
Due to another setback the New England Fishery Management Council (NEFMC) was not able to make their recommendation for Amendment 1 to the Atlantic Herring Management Plan to the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) earlier this month. Following the November 2005 meeting the council came up with a draft of Amendment 1 to the Herring
Isle au Haut Company Ferry Service Receives 501c3 Status
Many of Maine’s island communities are serviced by a state operated ferry service, but Isle au Haut is not. For the past 30 years, several island residents have been providing year-round ferry service between Stonington and Isle au Haut. Until now the Isle au Haut Company was supported primarily through one island family. When this