To the editor: I am somewhat distressed by the accusations made by Bob Peacock in Working Waterfront regarding vessel movement in Cobscook Bay (see article). I am even more distressed by Bob Gustafson’s or Working Waterfront’s failure to contact me regarding the accuracy of these statements. I am not unfamiliar with the background and nature
Secret ingredient Carrageenan from Rockland thrives in “natural” foods marketplace
The familiar fish plants have gone out of business and the Fisher snowplow factory has left the Rockland waterfront for cheaper industrial park land – but FMC Biopolymer and its trademark smokestack and steaming industrial buildings will stay put, according to plant officials. The plant has been a fixture on the city waterfront since 1936.
Stiff competition for the Moxie Trophy
Juy 4, Thursday – temp. 70 and wind SE 15 knots at noon. “To have a safe fourth, don’t buy a fifth on the third!” I have heard some say. The fourth of July annual picnic was held at our town field near noontime. Good weather and a good gathering. There was a dedication of
To grow seaweed in Savu, you’ve got to name it
“Televisions are like ‘pisang goreng’ [fried bananas] here” said one seaweed farmer on Nusa Lembongan, Bali, Indonesia when I asked him to describe the impact of seaweed farming. Fried bananas are everyday food in Indonesia, but few Indonesians have the financial resources to afford TV. Just a short jump back into history on the island
Burgeoning seal population concerns fishermen, fish farmers
“The only good seal is a dead seal,” quips a fisherman when the subject of the recent seal population explosion comes up at the West Point Store in Phippsburg. The observation pretty well sums up how most fishermen feel about these mammals that tourists and recreational boaters find so entertaining. Seals eat just about any
The Great Eastern Mussel Cookbook
Forest Dale, Vermont: Paul Eriksson Publishing $15.00 As one of Maine’s most ubiquitous and abundant seafood products, mussels have long been somewhat maligned, dismissed as a “poor man’s food,” and considered by many to be gritty, hard to clean, and limited in culinary scope to steaming with a little wine and garlic. This book, combined
A project in need
While much has been accomplished during the past four years, for Accessible Sailing Adventures to become a reality, the project still needs help. Money is always needed; help is needed to drive the remaining 2,000 or so steel spikes into the hull. The project needs donated time from a crane large enough to lift the
Raw faith builds RAWFAITH
The dream is huge, visionary – a mission: to build a ship sufficiently large and accessible that four or five families with disabled children confined to a wheelchair can enjoy a hands-on sailing experience aboard a tall ship. The dream is to allow the families to spend the day on board, with family members helping
Bigelow
Edited by Bruce B. Collette and Grace Klein-MacPhee Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press This bible of fish identification was first issued in 1925, written to a large degree by William W. Welsh, and finished by the young fisheries biologist Henry Bigelow after Welsh’s untimely death. Bigelow made his life’s work the investigation of the marine
The sky can’t fall – it begins at your feet
(This column was originally written for the November issue of Working Waterfront, but as Ed explained it in an accompanying note last month, “… here is an attempt at a November column well in advance … Besides being enamored of the idea of the column (when am I not?) I would like to get it