In Waldoboro, Midcoast Marine operates in a former auto parts store near Moody’s Diner, and store manager Jeremy Young knows most customers by name. He jokes with them, allows them buy on credit and sometimes he delivers their purchases if it’s not too far out of his way. “I take stuff up to the house.
Can fishing and oil drilling coexist on Georges Bank?
At least one Nova Scotia fisherman is willing to consider the future possibility of a fishery and oil drilling rigs coexisting on Georges Bank. The joint U.S.-Canadian moratorium on drilling was established in 1988. The ban was extended eight years ago and will expire in 2012. Hubert Saulnier, president of Local 9 of the Maritime
New Things
The coast of Maine figures prominently in the imaginations of many desk-bound, traffic-trapped city dwellers, which is probably why products from Maine carry such cachet. The appeal of Maine’s food products is obvious: the state’s seafood, blueberries, potatoes and the value-added products made from them taste good. Lobster is a luxury item prized around the
Report: Canadian shellfish sanitation program could be improved
Marine biotoxins became a problem in Prince Edward Island in the late 1980s, when mussels poisoned three tourists, all of whom died. A number of others became ill and were left with long-term neurological problems. John White, policy officer with the Canadian food inspection agency that delivers the Canadian shellfish sanitation program (CSSP), says in
Selling the Catch, Keeping the Money
n days of dwindling stocks and dwindling access to stocks, fishermen should be thinking of marketing their product directly to consumers to get the greatest value for their catch. A large variety of experts at the Maine Fishermen’s Forum offered a wide range of marketing ideas during a Feb. 28 panel entitled “More Bang for
The Iambics of Newfoundland: Notes from an Unknown Shore
A Place Where People Can’t Fish Anymore
A former Maine commissioner rises to the top of a federal agency
“Fisheries Management isn’t about managing fish, it’s about managing people,” said William J. Brennan, Ph. D., Maine’s former DMR [Department of Marine Resources] Commissioner. Asked in a 1995 interview if he thought his background in fisheries science and marine biology had adequately prepared him for the job, he remembers replying that he would have been
A Modest Proposal
Solutions are particularly elusive when it comes to energy, so let’s start there. Oil’s through the roof and showing no signs of coming back down. Electricity demand keeps going up, driving up the price and the demand for more generating facilities. We want to keep driving our petroleum-fueled cars because we don’t have good alternatives.
At their town meeting, Cranberry Isles vote “green”
The Town of Cranberry Isles passed a series of articles at its annual Town Meeting on March 10 to promote a groundbreaking environmental agenda, pledging to sign the U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement; spend up to $10,000 to promote and support energy efficiency projects; and purchase electrical power for municipal needs from a renewable energy
High Praise
To the editor: I so look forward to the arrival of Working Waterfront and believe in the need to support those who live on, by and from the sea. Thanks for your work & publications. Pamela L. Emery Centerville, MA