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Technical problems thwart Dimilin/lobster studies
A collaborative effort between fishermen and scientists to obtain conclusive data about the effect spraying for Brown Tail Moths has on Maine’s lobster population was thwarted this winter due to equipment failure at the Department of Marine Resources (DMR) in Boothbay. The problem occurred when a filter system broke down in tanks holding 100 lobsters
Dragon Cement expansion could affect Rockland, Wiscasset
The news in early February that Dragon Cement has revived negotiations to purchase the Mason Station in Wiscasset for distribution of its product created a flurry of phone calls among lobstermen along the Sheepscot River. Dragon, New England’s only cement plant, has just begun a $50 million, 18-month modernization of its Thomaston facility that will
Hancock Gourmet Lobster Company
Cal Hancock’s business has found its niche by producing specialty, high-end seafood products, and in doing so, utilizes 20,000 to 25,000 pounds of knuckle and claw lobster meat processed in Maine. Owner of Hancock Gourmet Lobster Co., Hancock puts the bulk of this lobster meat into Cundy’s Harbor Lobster Stew. Another large percent of the
Proposed Cutler center would work with addicts
The Rev. Gary DeLong, director of Maine Seacoast Mission and a native of Beal’s Island, says Washington County law enforcers estimate at least 1,000 of the county’s residents are addicted to heroin and/or oxycontin. “One addict user has a dysfunctional effect on at least five other lives,” says Delong. “That means of the 35,000 people
RAWFAITH launching planned for spring
The galleon RAWFAITH (WWF Oct. ’02), under construction in Addison to provide accessible sailing for disabled children and their families, is spending the winter at the building site beside the Pleasant River. Capt. George McKay anticipates launching the ship in April. McKay and his family have devoted the past three years and their savings to
Fishermen’s Forum set for March, unveils new website
The Maine Fishermen’s Forum, preparing for its 28th season, boasts a new website, created by Mike Young, husband of Chilloa Young, who has served as Forum Coordinator for the past five years. Mike Young, Phippsburg Town Administrator since 1995, has extensive webmaster experience with a website which he set up for the town two years
Harpswell fisherman forges humanitarian link with South Africa
When John Dennen and his wife, Indrani, entered the children’s ward of St. Mary’s Mission Hospital in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, the shock was so great, he said later in a dispatch to The Times Record of Brunswick, “I just wanted to run away, go back to Maine and work on my lobster boat, get
Fish growers agree on bay management plan
For the past year, the Maine Aquaculture Association (MAA) has been working with finfish growers to develop a Fin Fish Bay Management Agreement that will govern all finfish farming operations in the state. The purpose of the agreement is to promote sustainable aquaculture, which has been defined by the United Nations World Commission on Environment
Second generation enters the aquaculture business
In their efforts to raise American oysters (Crassostrea virginica), Eric Horne and his wife, Valy Steverlynck, are on the cusp of a new sort of generational fishery that’s likely to become more prevalent in Maine. When Eric was born 33 years ago, his father, Peter Horne, and his friend, Dana Wallace, were experimenting with quahog
Bait
The lobsterman’s search for the best bait – the bait that as one veteran fisherman put it, “will give him an edge over the rest of the guys” – has led to some innovative and bizarre experiments, but few of them match the squash caper. The story goes like this: A group of fishermen, out