Here is a cookbook to help you over the what-to-have-for-dinner blues in any season or on any occasion. In February, pick up the book and start with the first chapter to progress through maple syrup and sugar and on into April and May for rhubarb, asparagus and fiddleheads. If you get the book for Christmas,
Commission slashes 2002 shrimp season
The tension between fishermen and policy makers during a Nov. 15 public hearing was evident as a standing-room-only audience heard words not uttered since 1978, the last time the shrimp fishery was closed for a season. The initial recommendation made by the ASMFC Technical Committee based on the estimated size and distribution of current northern
Cranberry Report: Dropping lobster prices; re-set clock
Hello, folks. It’s good to be back doing the report again. Thanks to the Working Waterfront editor for having me back. And also, thanks to the two fine ladies in Cutler for saying they had missed my articles. Since I’m starting up the column again so late in the year, I’ll just jot down random
Optimism
The events of Sept. 11 proved two things, among many others: that we are all linked inextricably, and that in this country at least, optimistic thinking will assert itself, even in the face of disaster. The linkages were immediately evident, of course, from the moment disaster struck — grounded airplanes meant a halt in air
New exhibit highlights link between fishermen and scientists
The Island Institute introduced its Lobster Kiosk to the public on October 15, with a new lobby exhibit entitled “The Lobster and the Mouse: Tradition and Technology in Maine Fisheries.” By means of a touch-screen monitor and dynamic content, the kiosk depicts the collaborative relationship between fishermen and scientists, fishing and technology. The project utilizes
New lobster cooperative thrives on Islesboro
A recent graduate of the University of Maine, Conover started selling lobsters door-to-door on Islesboro at the age of 11, to finance the expansion of his baseball card collection. For this energetic entrepreneur, who hauled his first traps from his friend Abe’s canoe, founding the Spruce Island Lobster Cooperative this year was a logical progression.
“Islands” takes Manhattan, Portland by storm
Though the scale was minuscule compared to so many other lives and events, the tragedies of Sept. 11 placed a huge blockade in front of our plans. Our New York date was Sept. 29; we were due to leave on the 28th. It seemed so soon after the raw wound, and some students and parents
Down and dirty: Maine works to clean up its dredge permitting process
The expense of the permitting process – in money, time and mental anguish – has frustrated commercial harbor development interests for years. That Portland’s harbor dredge committee took just five years to secure permits to remove one million cubic yards of bottom is considered a resounding success. Even smaller harbors with small commercial and recreational
Loose caulking, trash fish, flying planks: Oral history project collects and preserves fish stories
Alison Bishop, from Birch Harbor, who was born into a fishing family, went out lobster fishing with his father, became a stern man and started on his own after serving in World War II, remembers the days when people hauled freight across the ice in Frenchmen’s Bay. “In those days, lobstermen would have to fight
State, PIE offer to assist Vinalhaven with its school project
Joseph and others involved in the project spread the word at a Sept. 12 public hearing and with flyers distributed throughout town. A referendum vote to approve the new costs was scheduled for Sept. 25. After contracting bids for the construction of Vinalhaven’s new school came in $2.6 million over what was anticipated, school officials