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Summer Lines
Limerock Books, $12.00 Dealing with the Big Issues and the Commonplace Five poets who read some of their work every summer in Tenants Harbor, honored the 10th anniversary of the annual event with the publication of a book, “Summer Lines.” Subtitled “A Decade of Tenants Harbor Poetry Readings,” the volume contains poems previously published and
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: When a marine mammal is a fish
Governments, like human beings, are contradictory entities. Consider the seal. Seals are the same animals in the eastern United States as in eastern Canada, but their treatment in each country is completely different. In the U.S. seals are protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) of 1972, and every effort is made to protect
Trawler: A Journey Through the North Atlantic
First Vintage Departures Edition, January 2006 339 pages, $14.95 Quotes that can’t be reported in a family newspaper Scientist and author Redmond O’Hanlon is not new to adventure — he has written books about challenging the wilds of Borneo, Amazonia and the Congo — but he’s new to the sea. His most recent book, Trawler;
Province stalls Newfoundland fish plant deal
Newfoundland’s largest seafood processor, Fishery Products International, Inc. planned to resume union talks following an impasse during which the company tried to sell one of its contentious plants but was thwarted by the province. FPI was deadlocked for months over wages in talks with the Fish, Food and Allied Workers union that represents the workers.
US businesswoman offers to buy Canadian seal hunt
The CEO of U.S. based beauty products company says a multi-million dollar offer to buy out the Canadian seal hunt on the East Coast still stands, although the Canadian federal government initially refused her offer. Cathy Kangas, founder of PRAI Beauty in New Canaan, CT, recently told a Prince Edward Island newspaper she is still
Fishy Family The Wilsons bridge the divide between science and society
In the Wilson clan, fish is a family value. Father, son and daughter all work on fisheries issues in Maine, both biological, economic and social. “We’re like people who grow up in Maine fishing families,” said Carl Wilson, 32, Maine’s lead lobster scientist with the Department of Marine Resources in Boothbay. “We grew up in
Offshore lobstermen organize, propose changes
Believing “Maine fishermen need options,” lobstermen who fish part of the year outside the state’s three-mile limit have traveled to Washington, D.C., and Augusta to make the organization’s goals known to the state’s Congressional delegation and state fisheries managers. Officers of the Maine Offshore Lobstermen’s Association (MOLA) say they want to effect several changes in
Newfoundland processor accused of shipping fish to China
Charges threatened four months ago were finally levied against Fishery Products International, Ltd. under Newfoundland’s provincial Fish Inspection Act — two counts of illegally marketing and shipping unprocessed yellowtail flounder to China. Provincial Fisheries Minister Tom Rideout accused Atlantic Canada’s largest seafood company of violating Newfoundland’s laws in March, saying FPI was “breaking the laws
Newfoundland cracks down on its largest seafood processor
Provincial lawmakers passed changes to the act governing Newfoundland’s largest seafood company with the intent of limiting the influence of the two major shareholders on the board. Also at the end of May, the provincial fisheries department charged Fishery Products International (FPI) with two unspecified counts of violating the terms and conditions of its fish
Lobster Zone Boundaries: What’s fair?
A state plan to double-tag lobster traps for enforcement purposes in Zones F and G starting Sept. 1 has revived a slumbering issue for harvesters in Zone F, in Casco Bay between Cape Small and Cape Elizabeth, who say they’re tired of watching harvesters from other states set traps wherever they want while they are restricted by