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Tropical Fish…In Maine?

Near the entrance of the 12,000-square-foot building in Franklin that is home to Sea & Reef Aquaculture, numerous tanks hold thousands of brightly colored tropical fish destined for pet stores and wholesalers across the United States. In some, duplicates of Finding Nemo’s hero, the Tomato Clownfish, swim around each other, each confident in its own

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Oceanic Center Proposed in Harpswell

Through an improbable series of events—a hip replacement gone bad, a visit with a college friend not seen in 55 years, an impromptu trip to George J. Mitchell Field—two marine biologists with a combined 93 years’ experience in aquaculture and other marine-related projects have put together a plan for an Oceanic Center in Harpswell. Since

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