The Maine Department of Marine Resources will be conducting an informational meeting to discuss an Addendum to the interstate striped bass fishery management plan…
Marine
Maine Sea Grant has announced the Oct. 1, 2014 appointment of Damian Brady as assistant director for research.
Brady, an assistant research professor in the School of Marine Sciences at the…
Another year, more dire news about New England's oldest fishery.
The Gulf of Maine cod season will look a bit differently in 2014-15…
Maine Lobstermen’s Assc. opposes challenge, says Maine got good deal
The Maine Lobstering Union has filed a notice of its intent to sue the National Marine Fisheries Service, seeking to roll back rules that require fishermen here to use sinking rope and to run up…
Coast Guard, Marine Patrol boats in port this morning, helicopter grounded
On Sunday, Nov. 2, the Coast Guard officially suspended its search for two lost fishermen whose boat No Limits sunk off of Matinicus.
Coast Guard air…
After a few brief days of sea trials in Newport, Rhode Island, East Boothbay-built Comanche set sail Oct. 30 for Charleston, South Carolina, the first leg of the passage to Sydney,…
East Boothbay lobsterman Mike Lewis survived about an hour in the cold waters of the Damariscotta River near Back Narrows on Sunday, Oct. 26 after getting dragged off his boat, Victoria's…
Wednesday, Oct. 29 will mark the two-year anniversary of the Bounty’s sinking during a hurricane.
On Monday, Oct. 29, 2012 the tall ship radioed to the Coast Guard to announce the…
New England Fishery Management Council
Terry Stockwell, the Maine Department of Marine Resources external affairs director, has been reelected as chairman of the New England Fishery Management Council.…
A continuing partnership with nature will be updated in Woolwich at the end of this month, when construction is completed on the new fish ladder at the Nequasset dam.
For the past 300 years…
Pemaquid Watershed Association
For the fifth year, the Pemaquid Watershed Association monitored the water around Damariscotta's Biscay…
The Atrium Art Gallery at the University of Southern Maine’s Lewiston-Auburn Campus presents “Secrets of the Sea,” a multi-media exhibition of work inspired by marine plants and animals. The…
Citizens asked to capture images
Along the 7,500-mile Gulf of Maine shoreline, forecasters are predicting an extreme high tide Oct. 9. Participants in the first-…
Carolyn Maunz named Oyster Poetry contest winner
DAMARISCOTTA — Another last blast of summer came through Sept. 28 for the 13th annual Pemaquid Oyster Festival on the shores of the Damariscotta River at the historic Schooner Landing Restaurant…
Local beachcombers are invited to join volunteers from the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center on Friday, Sept. 26 to help cleanup Pemaquid Beach. This…
As part of Maine's sixth annual Open Lighthouse Day, Saturday, Sept. 13, Burnt Island Light will be hosting tours from 9 a.m. to noon. Admission to the island and all of the buildings is free.…
Thursday, September 4 was a clear, beautiful day in Boothbay Harbor — a perfect day to be out on the water. More than 50 veterans and many volunteers met at Tugboat Inn at 9:30 a.m. for a cruise…
The Maine Department of Marine Resources has proposed regulations that will implement management measures to sustain the growing and valued black sea bass population.
“Black sea bass have…
Experts from Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences will share their knowledge of how to best culture and grow macroalgae (seaweeds) at the Maine Seaweed Festival on the Southern Maine Community…
Dr. Nichole Price, a marine ecologist who studies life on the seafloor, has been named a senior research scientist for the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in…
To move forward, they first had to travel backward.
This past Tuesday…
In honor of the 60th anniversary of its founding, the Maine Lobstermen’s Association (MLA) is holding a raffle for its members. Those who become members or renew their membership before September…
Cafe Scientifique
Residents the Boothbay area have undoubtedly been to the ocean and noticed the color of the water.
In shallow areas, it can appear clear, but as one wades out into the deep, opacity…
The future of Maine’s coastal economy is uncertain as the state’s most valuable fisheries are at risk. Scientists, legislators and others concerned with…
“Fishes and Loaves: Keeping Fish Alive and Well in Maine,” a presentation and a panel discussion followed by a Gulf of Maine meal, will be held at Popham Chapel, Phippsburg, on Sunday, Aug. 31, at…
Maine Department of Marine Resources
The Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) will hold two public information meetings on aquaculture in Maine’s coastal waters.
…
Cadets, crew honored at 4 p.m. ceremony, main stage, Lobster Festival
ROCKLAND — Watch the waters Friday, Aug. 1, around 3 p.m. as the stately Coast Guard training vessel Eagle sails into Rockland Harbor with 200 cadets, crew and officers onboard. The…
Local Business
Peter Kass grew up in Arlington, Mass., tinkering with old boats and junk cars. The owner of John’s Bay Boat Company in South Bristol is the first to admit he wasn’t much for school, and he knew…
This month two scientists from the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center (DMC) in Walpole embark on research cruises to the Gulf of Maine and the North Atlantic, and the subpolar arctic.…
During its May meeting, the New England Estuarine Research Society (NEERS) recognized the contributions of Bigelow Senior Research Scientist Emeritus Dr. Peter F.…
Maine Department of Marine Resources
The Maine Department of Marine Resources will hold a series of public meetings to provide data from recent smelt surveys and to solicit public input into future…
Leaders of marine laboratories in the northeast and Great Lakes will be at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in East Boothbay this week, June 25-27, to plan a way forward to cope with federal…
Local Business
Hodgdon Yacht Services – Southport (formerly Boothbay Region Boatyard) will hold an open house on Sunday, June 29 to welcome current, former and new…
Bigelow Laboratories for Ocean Sciences
Years after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil spill, oil continues to wash ashore as oil-soaked…
A group of Maine legislators toured the University of Maine Darling Marine Center in Walpole June 5 to learn more about the role of University of Maine’s…
The United States Power Squadron and the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary will provide a free vessel safety check of your private non-commercial boat on Sunday, June 22 between 11 a.m.…
Dr. Meredith White, a postdoctoral researcher at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in East Boothbay, has been named to the study commission recently established by the Maine legislature…
Fifty of the nation’s top ocean scientists are at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in East Boothbay this week, May…
To save lives and money, have a free vessel safety check! It’s is a courtesy examination of your personal boat (vessel) to verify the presence and condition of…
Sherman Zwicker left the Boothbay Harbor Shipyard, in Boothbay Harbor, on May 18 for a new home at Pier 25 in New York City. The schooner's new…
Wiscasset Budget Committee
Wiscasset’s shellfish program should fund itself, members of the town’s budget committee maintained on May 15. The committee voted 6-0 to recommend voters approve $2,700 for this year’s shellfish…
Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry’s Maine Coastal Program announced that it is seeking applications for a new round of coastal grants for fiscal year 2015,…
Learn how Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences researchers are helping to rewrite the textbook on global climate change and the changing chemistry of the world’s oceans at St.…
May is the beginning of the summer boating season. The U.S. Coast Guard Auxilary is offering a four session About Boating Safely course at Boothbay Region Adult & Community…
Maine Wildlife
In late winter and early spring, resident gray and harbor seals give birth. As a result, chances of encountering a mother and pup or a lone pup on a local beach increase. NOAA Fisheries reminds…
The Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce is pleased to kick off the 2014 Business After Hours season with the Boothbay Sea and…
At 6 a.m., Wednesday, April 9, Brownell Systems will trailer the 125-foot schooner Spirit of…
When it comes to modern boatbuilding, forget everything you thought you knew about our quaint little village by the sea, because East Boothbay has reached the Space Age.
Hodgdon Yachts’…
Maine Fishing Industry
The lobster industry is, as a whole, in good shape, Department of Marine Resources Commissioner Patrick Keliher said.
But, that doesn'…
More than 20 lobstermen members of the Maine Lobstering Union from up and down the coast lobbied in Augusta on March 27 in support of two bonds that will help…
