Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission (LCRPC) hosted a listening session May 3 as part of a federal evaluation of the Maine Coastal Management Program. MCMP is an inter-agency group…
Marine
While its alien appearance and long, spiky tail may not draw many admirers, the horseshoe crab is a fascinating organism.
Horseshoe crabs are a vital part of the ecology of coastal…
Join Maine First Ship’s annual gala dinner on Tuesday, May 2 at J.R. Maxwell’s in Bath, beginning at 5:30 p.m. Featured speaker is Virginia’…
As spring comes to coastal Maine, it brings with it the return of alewives to Nequasset Lake and the start of the annual Nequasset Alewife Count. Volunteers are…
The Native American Wabanaki tribes, or “People of the Dawnland,” have inhabited the coastal and riverine environment of this region for at least the last 12,000…
On Sunday, April 23, the historic schooner Mary E, believed to be the oldest Maine-built wooden fishing schooner still afloat, will be arriving at her new…
In the last couple of weeks, Jon Williams has been hearing from a lot of people about a little piece of plastic a beachcomber found in Ireland. Williams, of Westport Island, is one of the new co-…
Bill Mook, of Mook Sea Farm in Walpole, Maine, is one of four finalists for the 2017 Seafood Champion Award for Advocacy, SeaWeb recently announced. A…
Department of Marine Resources
The commissioner of the Maine Department of Marine Resources has issued an emergency closure of five scallop beds in the Midcoast and Down East.
One is the Damariscotta River, where hand-…
Dr. Rick Wahle and graduate student Carl Huntsberger are testing a new technique for aging lobsters at the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center in Walpole.
Wahle pointed out that…
Join Midcoast Conservancy at their Wiscasset office for an evening with beaver expert Skip Lisle on Friday, Feb. 24 from 6-8 p.m. Lisle will be talking about his work with beavers, and his unique…
For those with a passion for conservation, Damariscotta River Association (DRA) is offering a unique overview of natural resource topics and…
In 2016, the Edward A. Myers Marine Conservation Fund donated $2,000 to the K-12 education program at the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center in Walpole.…
The Atlantic Captains Academy will be conducting courses in Brunswick and Portland for candidates interested in obtaining their U.S. Coast Guard Captain’s License. The Operator of Uninspected…
Every year for a few days sometime before Christmas, Jon Lewis takes over the kitchen at his home in Boothbay. He’s a good cook, and normally shares the cooking with…
On Nov. 15 and 16, coastal communities in Lincoln County experienced a “King Tide.” USEPA characterizes a King Tide as “… the highest predicted high…
At a December 15 meeting, the Maine Maritime Museum Board of Trustees approved the acquisition of the historic schooner Mary E, believed to be the oldest…
A $32,000 grant from the Maine Outdoor Heritage Fund has strengthened Maine Department of Marine Resources’ ability to protect public health and preserve opportunity for Maine’s shellfish industry…
The Coast Guard assisted four people to safety Wednesday after heavy winds and seas damaged a fishing boat about 40 miles southeast of Portland, Maine.
A fisherman aboard the Gracelyn…
When Tyler Hodgdon set out in his lobster boat, At Last, on Halloween, he never expected to haul a trap and find a pumpkin-colored lobster in it.
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Moratorium on Northern Shrimp Commercial Fishing continues for 2017
In response to the depleted condition of the northern shrimp resource, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's Northern Shrimp Section extended the moratorium on commercial fishing for…
Remember when you could go down to the seashore at low tide and pick mussels off the rocks for a free meal?
A few years ago they…
Maine lobstermen younger than 40 years old are invited to take part in the second Maine Lobster Leadership Institute, offered by the Maine Lobstermen’s Community Alliance. The…
Carl Huntsberger and Whitley Gilbert are two new graduate students at the Darling Marine Center who would like their research to support better management of two of Maine’s most valuable natural…
The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust (KELT) continues their annual Environmental Lecture Series on Thursday, Nov. 3 at the Maine Maritime Museum starring energetic innovators doing aquaculture in Maine…
Capt. Bob Fish started his whale-watching cruise over 80 years ago. It has never slowed down.
Now his son, Capt. John Fish, runs the…
Deb Ethier of Wiscasset was going through her late mother Phyllis Reed’s things in an attic on Huntoon Hill Road when she came across a lobster claw that had been in the family since before Ethier…
Department of Marine Resources
An out-of-state visitor recently became ill with Vibrio parahaemolyticus, a bacteria living in the Damariscotta River and in other brackish water, which infects oysters and hard-shelled…
Midcoast Conservancy will be awarded $127,478 to correct erosion and runoff issues which threaten to pollute the vulnerable water quality of Damariscotta Lake.…
A makeup session for mandatory Vibrio parahaemolyticus training will be held at the Maine Department of Marine Resources, 194 McKown Point Road, West Boothbay Harbor from 1-3 p.m., Friday, Sept.…
While the lobster stock in Maine remains healthy and continues to grow, managing the future of the $300 million industry requires more than traditional science. In February, the Department of…
Darling Marine Center
Dr. Molly Jacobs, a visiting researcher at University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center (DMC) in Walpole, will present a “brown-bag”…
Following the old Horace Greeley axiom, “Go west, young man,” Edgecomb native Mike Finnegan has taken it further by going north, south, and east across the high seas of the world. Finnegan, 31, is…
Scallop gonads may seem like fun and games to Skylar Bayer given that her missing samples landed her on “…
Wiscasset Waterfront Committee
Wiscasset Waterfront Committee members voiced support Aug. 25 for replacing the harbor master’s boat the town recently sold. But the harbor master, Preston Dunning, explained he doesn’t know when…
The popularity of Damariscotta River oysters goes back at least 2,000 years, when Native Americans began building some of the world’s largest oyster shell middens on the banks of the river.
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On Aug. 16, the Impossible Dream sailed into Boothbay Harbor again, just short of a year after its first trip here last year.
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McCarty Cove, Westport Island history
It was a risky business. Among the McCarty captains who perished at sea was James’s son Elijah, a master at age 19 on the brigantine, Wanderer. He built a “gingerbread” house for his wife and two…
Department of Marine Resources and Bates College
Bloodworms are a major fishery in Maine. According to the Department of Marine Resources, in 2015, almost 400,000 pounds of the worms were landed, with a value of more than $6.2 million in the…
Oysters have become one of the most coveted of Maine seafoods.
A true connoisseur of oysters claims he or she can discern intimate…
It is time for Kennebec Estuary Land Trust's (KELT) most popular summertime event on Wednesday, August 10 from 10 a.m. to noon at…
McCarty Cove, Westport Island history
Captain McLaughlin had not a whiff of malice on him. He was a well-respected shipmaster. He did, however, have the curious distinction of taking command of the barkentine Herbert Fuller…
On Eating and Loving Food
Who doesn’t covet a raw oyster?
Me.
So far I’ve only written about foods I love, or at least like: good sandwiches, pizza, biscuits, chocolate cream pie, popovers, chocolate bread…
An exhibition of handmade whale sculptures made from re-purposed lobster rope and marine debris built by nautical artist Cindy Pease Roe will be on display July 23 through Aug. 21 at…
A kayak race took place on July 2. It started at the Sherman Lake rest area on Route 1 in Newcastle, and wrapped up 6.5 miles down the Sheepscot River in Wiscasset Harbor.
Organized by Scott…
McCarty Cove, Westport Island history
Every spring for many years I have come to my family’s place on Westport Island in midcoast Maine and carefully taken from the old horsehair plaster wall a fragile framed photo that beckons me…
Maine waters are being invaded! As with a serious illness, early detection is key; the earlier the introduced invader, such as Eurasian water-milfoil or zebra…
Emergency responders rescued four people after a 23-foot Sea Ox skiff struck rocks nearshore at Spruce Point just after midnight on July 9.
Boothbay Harbor Police Chief Bob Hasch said police…
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences opened its doors to the public on July 1 for a tour of several of its research facilities. About 100 individuals had indicated they would attend, according to…
CASTINE —The Hagerty Education Program at America’s Car Museum has awarded a second grant of $5,000 in funding to Maine Maritime Academy…
