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Two farmers share a river

Nine years ago, Brooksville resident Anne Bossi was distressed about Jesse Leach’s application for a lease to raise oysters in the Bagaduce River close to her farm shoreline. Like many people faced with the prospect of an aquaculture lease in their “backyard,” she was afraid the venture would disturb the quiet, pristine river she had

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Cod farming returns to Maine

“The best case scenario,” says George Nardi of his Atlantic cod aquaculture venture in Frenchman Bay, “is pretty simple: We’ll be able to grow, harvest and sell fish for more money than it costs us.” That, he adds, would lay the groundwork for expanding this experimental project into a full-fledged industry. The only other cod

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Maritime books for the midwinter

Several people who either write for, read, or have been the subject of stories in the Working Waterfront have shared some of their favorite maritime books, both fiction and non-fiction, to read in the midwinter. A combination of recently published books (a few already reviewed in Working Waterfront) and those that have withstood the test of time,

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Maritime books for the midwinter

Several people who either write for, read, or have been the subject of stories in the Working Waterfront have shared some of their favorite maritime books, both fiction and non-fiction, to read in the midwinter. A combination of recently published books (a few already reviewed in Working Waterfront) and those that have withstood the test

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Major conference on aquaculture to be held in Portland

Oysters, clams, scallops, blue mussels; salmon, cod, haddock, flounder; freshwater baitfish, ornamental saltwater fish; seaweed and algae; saltwater caviar fish: Maine aquaculture operations raise a surprising variety of species, both fresh and saltwater. Sebastian Belle, director of Maine Aquaculture Association, says there are 140 to 150 commercial aquaculture companies in Maine. They are supported by

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