To the editor: I was fascinated by your article on the Paul Palmer in the July ’07 issue. I wonder how they ever got a vessel of that size from Waldoboro to Muscongus Bay. I have sailed up the Medomak River almost to Waldoboro with a northwest breeze and I was more than a little
Film, discussion to focus on fisheries’ future
Fish stocks such as cod, haddock and flounder — groundfish that are critical to Maine’s coastal economy and heritage — have collapsed over the past two decades. On Thursday, August 16, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. at the Strand Theatre on Main Street in Rockland, the Island Institute and the Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance (NAMA) will
The Green Gables-Japan Connection
It’s no secret that the Japanese have a love for Prince Edward Island and Anne of Green Gables. But a series of other “ingredients” brought the Japanese trade commissioner, a camera crew and a famous chef in to the east coast. A Japanese chef and restaurateur, Katsuhiro Oki, who has been cooking with Canadian ingredients
Area Management
To the editor: In the July edition of Working Waterfront, author Ben Neal suggested that area management advocates look to California and Mexico for fisheries management ideas to implement in New England. However, before we look elsewhere, I would like to re-examine the Area Management Coalition’s rationale for proposing area-based management for consideration in Amendment
Neither For nor Against
To the editor: When I set out to write my LNG: A Level Headed Look at the Liquefied Natural Gas Controversy, which you reviewed in your July issue, I honestly didn’t know how I felt about the subject. My natural green tendency was counteracted by what I’d heard from my tugboat friends about the safety
Giant blue lobsters invade Winter Harbor
Remember the old television show, “Mr. Lucky?” Well, you can start calling Winter Harbor fisherman, co-op president and harbormaster Dale Torrey by that name. On June 14, he pulled up one of his small traps off Turtle Island. Wedged in the back part lay a female blue lobster weighing 11 pounds. “I had to cut
Learning to Listen Jon Wilson follows his dreams – to success
To see Jon Wilson at 61, it’s hard to believe he ever thought of himself as what he called, “A flailing and confused post-adolescent; one of the least directed people in my class.” But, after successfully founding, editing, and publishing WoodenBoat magazine and Professional Boatbuilder magazine and founding the WoodenBoat School, he went on to
“In the End”
In the end, which means now, our little fish house with its new addition turned out just fine. There was still a lot of work to be done. Interior walls, wiring and plumbing — rid of the outhouse at last. That did not deter us, however, from using all that wonderful new space. Once the
Remember the Roe
To the editor: Re: Political Correctness, etc., by Sally Noble, July 2007 Within that article, the writer was quoting Cheryl Lewis, chef at Black Point Inn who “thinks highly of the lobster’s tomalley (its liver, which turns green upon cooking).” [The comment] is a bit misleading to the average reader, much less the consumer of
Mussel grower duped by workers
Offshore labor comes with a price for some businesses in Prince Edward Island, Canada. Stephen Stewart, mussel grower and owner of Stewart Mussel Farms, Inc., located in the New London Bay area, learned that lesson the hard way. Stewart spent months working with immigration to bring in 11 Sri Lankan men to work in the