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Rockweed provides jobs in Jonesport

Look likes that Jonesport is harvesting rockweed. “Washington County is a fading area,” he said. “No jobs. No work.” He went on, “Jonesport and the crew up here, we need this. We need the fishing industry. This is our livelihood.” Look started working with rockweed almost forty years ago, back in the days when lobster

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Watch out for lines

With the summer boating season underway, lobstermen are dealing with the age-old problem of recreational boaters running over trap lines. Recreational boaters inadvertently sail or motor over trap lines and in so doing, wrap the line around the propeller or rudder. When that happens, despite sincere effort to free it, sometimes cutting the rope becomes

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