The Department of Marine Resources’ Maine Coastal Program (MCP) and the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry’s Municipal Planning Assistance Program (MPAP) are each seeking…
Marine
Westport Island selectmen
Maine Department of Transportation was set to return Tuesday, April 18 to the Westport Island-Woolwich bridge that…
Mid Coast Maine has one of the most beautiful coastlines in the world, but within the beauty are hazards that can quickly ruin…
Mark Gimbel is working with Maine Maritime Academy and the captain of schooner Bowdoin to plan three days of special events in Boothbay Harbor. The schooner will depart from the town dock…
After Alna selectmen opened two bids March 8 for alewife harvesting, one bidder, the town’s longtime contractor David Sutter, brought up the pandemic and said he “only assumed the town…
The Fishermen’s Memorial Committee accepted a $30,000 donation Feb. 28. The money was raised through the revived Boothbay Harbor Tuna Challenge held last September.
Tuna Challenge Chairman…
ROCKPORT - The 48th Maine Fishermen’s Forum concluded over the weekend at the Samoset Resort. Capacity crowds on Friday and a Saturday snowstorm failed to deter attendees nor diminish spirits. The…
In the wake of 2021, a year of historically high value for Maine’s commercially harvested marine resources, harvesters last year earned $574,049,682, an amount that is more in line with recent…
Maine State Aquarium
A recent poll shows that most Americans give up their New Year’s resolutions by early February. The Maine State Aquarium is well on its way towards keeping its resolution to open in 2023. The new…
Midcoast Conservancy announced the acquisition of a 12.5-acre parcel with 1300 feet of frontage along the West Branch Sheepscot River near China, Maine. Maine Coast Heritage Trust (MCHT) supported…
Heather Leslie, professor of marine science and director of the Darling Marine Center at the University of Maine, has been named a 2022 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)…
For the first time in three years, the Maine Fishermen’s Forum is holding a live event at the Samoset Resort March 2-4. This event is a one-of-a-kind event created for Maine’s fishermen and…
The Maine Department of Marine Resources’ (DMR) Public Health Bureau has hired Meredith White, Ph.D., to lead a department program that supports coastal municipalities and harvesters as they…
Lincoln County Television (LCTV) is proud to present a special one-hour show about the 2022 return of the tuna fishing tournament to Boothbay Harbor.
…First National Bank (FNB) announced Monday a $300,000 commitment to the Maine Lobstermen’s Association (MLA). The donated funds will take the form of a $150,000 direct donation to the MLA’s Save…
A group of organizations in Maine on Nov. 1 opened registration for a training program designed for fishermen to learn how to farm seafood. Maine’s vibrant working waterfront, including…
Press release
The Waterfront Committee approved…
‘Your voice needs to be heard, your ideas and personal impacts need to be shared’
Please see the notice below from NOAA regarding an in-person scoping session in Maine. NOAA has scheduled this scoping session because Governor Mills worked with the Secretary of Commerce to…
This fall high school students of all grades have an opportunity to learn about marine ecology while getting muddy in the Damariscotta River estuary. The Darling Marine Center based research team…
How did you spend your summer vacation? Sadly, I know you didn’t spend it at the Maine State Aquarium, because it wasn’t open. When I began as the new Education Division director about a year ago…
Midcoast Maine has one of the most beautiful coastlines in the world, but within the beauty are hazards that can quickly ruin your…
Press release
Governor Janet Mills Tuesday slammed Seafood Watch’s designation of lobster caught in the Gulf of Maine as on the “red list” of…
Press release
Maine Lobstermen’s Association (MLA) has teamed up with one of Maine’s most iconic lobster shacks, Red’s Eats in Wiscasset, to launch its 2022 Fall Fundraising Challenge urging all businesses that…
Twenty-five students from 15 universities nationwide presented their summer marine research at the sixth annual Science for Economic Impact and Application (SEA) …
Nearly 150 people gathered at Jewell Lodge on the Wavus Camp grounds on Tuesday, Aug. 23, to hear a report on the health of Damariscotta Lake. Midcoast Conservancy staff…
“He’s back out there.”
He is a nearly four-foot shark a client caught Aug. 25 on Captain Dean Krah’s boat about a mile north of Donald E. Davey Bridge that spans the Sheepscot River from…
Maine’s First Ship brings back the popular community event that celebrates local food: a Full Moon Dinner will be held at 6 p.m. in the Bath Freight Shed on Saturday, Sept. 10. This farm-to-table…
Midcoast Maine has one of the most beautiful coastlines in the world, but that beauty can hide hazards that can quickly ruin your day on the…
The rapid warming of the 20th century has reversed 900 years of cooling in the Gulf of Maine, according to a new…
Maine summer camps. There are 125 of them according to MaineSummerCamps.org. You can scour the listings, but there is only one summer camp on an island in the ocean – Burnt Island, part of…
Ryan Smith, 39, was appointed officer-in-charge of USCG Boothbay Harbor …
The Maine Coastal Program, a Division of the Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR), has opened registration for the annual Coastal Cleanup. The Coastal Cleanup is a volunteer-driven…
Interested community members are invited to join researchers and local students at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center for a conversation about emerging results of an ongoing community…
number of strandings increasing
On July 20, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration declared an Unusual Mortality Event…
On Friday, July 15 the University of Maine Darling Marine Center will kick off its seminar series with Dr. Heather Leslie who will present on the challenges and opportunities of engaged research.…
The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust's (KELT) most popular summertime event is coming up on Wednesday, July 6 from 10 a.m. to noon at…
This summer high school students, including rising freshmen and recent graduates, have an opportunity to learn about marine ecology while getting muddy in the Damariscotta River estuary. The…
Since the first Fishin’ For Fashion in 2014 at the former Rocktide Inn, locals and visitors alike have had a passion for fashion – make that nautical fashion!
After a two-year absence from…
Boothbay Harbor Lobster Boat Races
Andrew Taylor of Southport, owner of Blue Eyed Girl, defended his title as the Fastest Working Lobster Boat, at the Charles Begin Memorial Lobster Boat…
Several Coastal Rivers volunteers gathered at Pemaquid Beach recently for a training with the Maine Healthy Beaches Program. This training will prepare them to take weekly water samples at three…
Coastal Rivers is hosting a walk to the salt marsh at Salt Bay Farm in Damariscotta from 3:30 to 5 p.m. on Friday, June 3 to look for spawning horseshoe crabs.
Horseshoe crabs have been…
Sarah Risley, a University of Maine graduate student based at the Darling Marine Center, will lead a team of undergraduate and high school students to study the shellfish species living at several…
Women on the Working Waterfront
On the anniversary of the 60th year celebrating Windjammers Days and maritime history, we pay homage to our founder, Captain Marion Dash for her contribution as a female role model in our…
Women on the Working Waterfront
On the anniversary of the 60th year celebrating Windjammers Days and maritime history, we pay homage to our founder, Captain Marion Dash for her contribution as a female role model in our…
Women on the Working Waterfront
On the anniversary of the 60th year celebrating Windjammers Days and maritime history, we pay homage to our founder, Captain Marion Dash for her contribution as a female role model in our…
$896 million value
AUGUSTA — On the strength of an historic year for lobster and a rebounding elver fishery, the value of Maine’s commercially harvested marine resources in 2021 reached an all time high at $890,668,…
Women on the Waterfront
On the anniversary of the 60th year celebrating Windjammers Days and maritime history, we pay homage to our founder, Captain Marion Dash for her contribution as a female role model in our…
Women on the Waterfront
On the anniversary of the 60th year celebrating Windjammers Days and maritime history, we pay homage…
Coast Guard Auxiliary
Mid Coast Maine has one of the most beautiful coastlines in the world, but within the beauty are hazards that can quickly ruin…
Women on the Working Waterfront
On the anniversary of the 60th year celebrating Windjammers Days and maritime history, we pay homage to our founder, Captain Marion Dash for her contribution as a female role model in our…
