The Canadian federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans, together with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, have announced a crackdown on lobster poachers in the Bay of Fundy – in large part by persuading the public not to buy poached lobsters being sold door to door. The campaign, a combination of strict enforcement and publicity utilizing
Holding Ground scheduled for midsummer release
Holding Ground: The Best of Island Journal, 1984-2004 will appear in July, six to eight weeks later than regular issues of Island Journal. The book has been completed, and the delay is due to the logistics of overseas printing, binding and shipping. The book will go on sale at Maine bookstores and at Archipelago, the
Making your own fun can become a way of life
Ideally, growing up on an island can make young people comfortable and confident, able to express themselves in non-conformist and creative ways. One would be hard-pressed to find a more positive example of this than Nathan Lamont Oldham, born and raised on Islesboro, who recently graduated with honors from the University of Maine at Orono.
“Power and Control:”Maritime fishermen, processors agree on snow crab contract
“Boats are ready to sail and plant workers are ready to go to work,” said Fish, Food and Allied Workers president Earle McCurdy on May 3 as a dispute over crab prices between fishermen and processors was settled at the last minute. The agreement was reached with Newfoundland’s major crab buyers, represented by the Association
Lost Lobsters, Aberrant Gulls
This book was first published in 1996, and while its basic premise has not yet been incorporated into mainstream thinking, Our Stolen Future is making headway, at least in the community of Long Island Sound lobstermen. Recommended by a Long Island Sound harvester attending the First Lobster Town Meeting in Portland last April, the book
Spruced-up Chebeague Inn opens for business
The porch sagged, rain dripped through the kitchen ceiling and the laundry room was in unsanitary proximity to the dish room. Spring water would flow through the basement bar, and the restaurant occasionally ran out of toast for breakfast. Furthermore, the whole place needed a whole lot of paint. Nevertheless, Martha Dumont, of Cumberland saw
In Praise of New Asparagus
As soon as mud season is over, and the earth gives just a little underfoot, I go out to our 35-foot-long double-rowed asparagus bed, and begin my gardening year by pulling away last year’s dried old stalks and throwing them on the compost pile. We mulch that bed pretty heavily, and I pull the hay
Fishing from Your Boat
Recreational boaters from Newfoundland to the Equator have probably all had the same thought at some time, that they would like to make the most of their environment while sailing along and catch some dinner to boot. However, fishing under way is not so simple, as countless would-be anglers have discovered after dragging a line
Access:Fishermen’s joint venture succeeds
It’s been a good first year for the lobstermen of North End Co-op, whose members got together to protect their access to the Sheepscot River. In September, 2002, with help from the Coastal Enterprises, Inc., Waterfront Property Loan Program, the co-op bought property on the Sheepscot River on the north end of Westport Island. “We’re
Mayday!
Islesboro Central School’s annual May Day celebration included an array of exhibits by horticulture students, singing of spring songs and dancing around the May Pole. The event, well attended by students, staff and community, was organized by horticultural teacher Jon Pincince. The school’s “work-in-progress,” an apple orchard, provided the setting for a primary school play