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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
Fledgling Camden seafood company wins big in Boston
Thousands of fish products vie for attention at the annual International Boston Seafood Show every March. Each year, hundreds of those products are new to the market. Many producers of the new ones believe their product is unusual enough, offers an added convenience, or simply outshines someone else’s older version. Those producers enter their products
The New “HOT” Fish: Exotic species (and others) make their market debuts
If you’re still a traditional, hidebound New Englander, you may think of fish as cod or haddock. If you consider yourself a bit more au courant, farmed salmon, catfish, or tilapia may be on your menu. But if you’re truly adventurous and you want to be on the cutting edge of seafood, get your plate
Lobster landings are down, but value is up
Preliminary information for 2005 Maine lobster landings show a total of 63 million pounds, down from 2004 when landings totaled 70.8 million pounds. The overall value set a record, however, reaching $289.7 million so far, up from the previous year’s $285 million, according to the Maine Department of Marine Resources. Prices throughout the year were
Lobster fishermen face new rope rules
Preliminary landings totals indicate last year’s Maine lobster landings were down by more than six million pounds. The good news is the overall price for the state’s most valuable seafood also reached an all-time high. Lower landings may not cause all Maine lobstermen to worry, but there are other areas of concern. One is a
Advice to Maine Shrimpers: “Follow the Farmers”
Maine shrimpers were granted a longer fishing season this year than they’ve had in several years, the stocks were plentiful and the shrimp were large and high-quality. A perfect year? Hardly. Markets were small, buyers were few and many fishermen earned as little as 25 cents a pound for their catch, when they could sell it at all. A
Trapping Cod Technology shows promise, but could run afoul of whale regulations
The cod fishery may be going to pot. But in this case, it’s a good thing: at the March Fishermen’s Forum in Rockport, scientists and gear manufacturers unveiled experimental gear that could improve fishing, reduce bycatch and help conserve regional stocks, including a pot to catch codfish. Michael Pol, a biologist with the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries,
The Gutenberg Project – Historic fisheries reports make the jump to cyberspace
Gutenberg would be happy.If he were alive today, the inventor of moveable type would be pleased the project that bears his name is bringing all manner of reading materials to readers, free, through a medium he couldn’t have imagined, the World Wide Web. Ron Huber of Penobscot Bay Watch in Rockland is using Project Gutenberg to make sure
Great American Shrimp
If you live in Maine and think of shrimp as those sweet little Pandalus borealis sold from trucks by the side of the road during winter, think again. Even though the fishery served for generations as a winter mainstay for many state harvesters, Maine’s little shrimp are scarcely a blip on the radar of U.S. shrimp consumption.
Professionals change lives, turn to soup for a livelihood
When Edward and Jemaine Luchetti had to choose whether Maine would be a better place to raise children than Los Angeles, the decision was easy. Figuring out how to make a living here took a bit more thought. But, really, what else would a trust officer/lawyer (Jemaine) who once worked in Hong Kong and a