If we believe right …

To the editor: By now you may have had your fill of comment on Rusty Warren’s column in the February 2003 WWF, but the letter from John L. Clouse of Potomac, Maryland (April WWF) stimulated some thoughts on this which I submit for your review. I apologize for the length of this letter. I have

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Island Institute hosts boatbuilding show

This summer the Island Institute will feature a show highlighting island boatbuilders. “Island Boatbuilding; Past and Future,” will include a number of historical black-and-white and color images of island boatbuilding, vessels and boat builders. The exhibit will tell their stories. This display, in the Institute’s ground floor exhibit space on Main St. in Rockland, will

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Lobster Rolls

New York: HarperCollins, 2003 As the title suggests, this book, just released in hardcover, combines recipes from the coast of Maine with stories of Rebecca Charles’s family’s visits there. The ethnic thread of the narrative is an intriguing one. Rather than a WASP New England blueblood perspective or the Maine native’s experience, this is the

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Dichotomy

[To Sen. Susan Collins, with a copy to WWF]: Why do you vote for about 100 times more funds for protection of right whale than for research that might be beneficial to Maine lobstermen? Can you please explain this dichotomy? Wallace E. Tobin Harpswell

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A cautionary tale for U.S. fishermen

Like Canada, the United States has tried to move towards fishing effort restrictions with the aim of rebuilding the fish stocks. Georges Bank was open to the world until 1977, when the U.S. took action to extend its jurisdiction out to 200 nautical miles. Vessels of many flags worked the waters, making huge hauls in

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OnIsland.org is a new place to discuss island issues

In hope of increasing communication about the issues related to life on Maine’s islands, two islanders have created an online discussion forum. The forum – which can be found at www.onisland.org – currently has nine topics: logistics, island visitors, stewardship, government, services/vendors, real estate/ rentals, island property owners newsletter, islands in the news, and islandness

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Salmon: high costs, few benefits

To the editor: In your admirable mission to protect the working waterfront, and the salmon farm industry as a part of the working waterfront, I do not believe that you have done justice so far to the problems with fish farms. The salmon industry claims that salmon farms bring jobs, but they do not bring

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