The Mi’kmaq of Burnt Church Reserve in New Brunswick and the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans have come to terms over management and regulation of the Miramichi lobster fishery – at least for the next two years. A hereditary chief of the Mk’kmaq Grand Council, however, declared the agreement “a sellout.” Representatives of both
Everything flows, nothing stays
And so, as it must to all men unwilling to climb one more shaky ladder to clean oak leaves out of a downspout, we moved from 43 degrees 56 minutes N. all the way to 44 degrees 015 N. to the local retirement massif five plus miles (Naut.) or so up the estuary. Quite a
Fun on the high seas
The Old Man and I decided, now that we’re getting old, but not yet to the crickety stage, that if we were ever going to take time out to have some fun, we better be about it. God knows it’s next to impossible to make ends meet in this economy – so throwing worry to
Duress
Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary defines “duress” as forcible restraint or restriction, compulsion by threat; specifically: unlawful constraint or coercion. I am a Hereditary Chief of the Mi’kmaq Grand Council. I am also a member of Esgenoopetitj community. Non-natives know us as Burnt Church First Nation. There was recently an agreement signed concerning lobster fishing, between the
Birds of a feather
Cooper Island, August 7, 2002 – The motor vessel TURMOIL is at anchor 330 miles north of the Arctic Circle off the north coast of Alaska, eight miles east of Barrow. We are waiting to see if we might be able to press further on into the central Arctic Basin, a four- to five-day passage
Phippsburg store is community institution
Mary Nickerson, who has run the West Point General Store in Phippsburg with her husband Emery for the past six years, says people who have heard it is up for sale come in and tell her, “Well, so you haven’t sold it yet. That’s good. I know you don’t like it, but that’s good.” Nobody
Mike Felton named Institute Education Outreach Director
After a two year Island Institute fellowship on Vinalhaven, Michael Felton will be joining the Institute staff as the Education Outreach Director. Mike’s fellowship focused on education and community development. He taught middle school social studies, college aspirations, and an eighth grade service learning class. The service learning class evolved into an extensive effort, spearheaded
Demand for Irish moss is rising
Harvesting for Irish moss (Chondrus crispus), which 30 years ago and earlier was a seasonal occupation for some fishermen – historic photos in West Point show men using wooden wheelbarrows to bring it ashore to dry – has resurfaced as a potential source of income. FMC Corporation, located in Rockland, hoping to rebuild its Maine
Baptist banquet benefits belfry
It started with a need. The Swan’s Island Baptist Church belfry needed structural repair, and two of the church ladies agreed a benefit banquet would be one good means of raising money for the project, all in accordance with the history of the church as written by Norman Staples’s mother back in the 1950s. The
Lobstering in “Gray Zone” now matter of dispute
It’s called the “Gray Zone,” and for a long time the name fit as far as lobstermen from Maine and Grand Manan were concerned. But this summer it all changed, and now it’s an area of sometimes heated dispute. Both the U.S. and Canadian governments have laid claim to the “Gray Zone,” a roughly oval-shaped