The 47th international meeting and safety conference of the International Association for Safety and Survival Training (IASST) is scheduled for Oct. 11 at Maine Maritime Academy, Castine. The conference is expected to include world leaders in the field of maritime safety training. Speakers will present papers on topics such as Fishing Vessel Safety, Search and
Maine LNG conference planned for July 29
Four Maine organizations and a regional advocacy group have organized a multi-faceted conference on LNG and the implications of siting a plant in the state. The conference is planned for Thursday, July 29 at Bowdoin College, starting at 8 a.m. The sponsoring groups are the Island Institute, Bowdoin College, the University of Southern Maine, the
Once a pilot boat, ROSEWAY prepares for sea again
The former Camden cruise schooner ROSEWAY was re-launched this spring in Boothbay Harbor after a deck-to-keel rebuild at Sample’s shipyard. The 137-foot ROSEWAY is set to begin taking students to sea this summer under the flag of the fledgling World Ocean School of Camden. Further fitting out of the old schooner will continue at dockside.
Alone in the Land of the Red Socks
Warning: This essay is intended for serious baseball fans only. If you cannot identify something odd about the title of this article, do not, I repeat, DO NOT continue reading. Supporters of the Red Sox and Phillies have a lot in common. Both are longtime sufferers who share feelings of helplessness, inadequacy, and, in my
A thinking man’s lobsterboat, Leroy Bridges builds the boat he’s always wanted
A commercial fisherman’s boat is probably the most important thing he owns; his life and his livelihood depend upon it. So, throughout his career, he changes vessels as he changes how and where and in what fisheries he earns his living; and he upgrades and downgrades size and equipment as necessary. Some fishermen own as
Killer fog for birds is not that unusual
The CBC headline on June 2 was, “Fog kills songbirds in Bay of Fundy.” and the reporter added that the count was “thousands” of birds. All in all, it conjured up the movie, “The Day After Tomorrow.” But Dan Busby, wildlife biologist for the Canadian Wildlife Service, based in Sackville, New Brunswick, said that such
The Long View: Sea Change
Twenty years gives one the opportunity for reflection, so here I go. More than anything else that the Island Institute has accomplished is something that hardly fits in a single, neat, bulleted statement, but is as real as it is intangible. Twenty years ago – or even ten – when we headed off to places
Two oceans commissions agree on many points, but propose different approaches
Lee Crockett of the Marine Fisheries Conservation Network said he was “struck by the amount of overlap” when he compared the recommendations of two commissions that recently studied the needs for managing U.S. oceans. Environmentalists worried that the Bush-appointed U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy would come up with vastly different recommendations from those of the
Historical Society opens for the summer
The North Haven Historical Society will open two facilities in early July for the summer. The North Island Museum will be open Tuesdays from July 6 to Aug. 31 from 2 to 5 p.m. In the museum visitors will find a country store and post office; a 1900s kitchen, bedroom and parlor; artifacts of North
For the Beauty of the Earth: Birding, Opera and other Journeys
Shoemaker and Hoard, 2004 $26.00 Nature, Through a Civilized Lens Thomas Urquhart must be an inveterate journal-keeper. Part memoir, part essay on the environment and some of the ways human beings connect with it, For the Beauty of the Earth is really Urquhart’s meditation on his own life, from his unusual transatlantic childhood through a