Some Maine fishermen lament the small amount of northern shrimp (pandalas borealis) they are allowed to catch in 2013, and are critical of the science behind the regulations. However, historical…

A report presented Friday, Dec. 7 by the Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI) to the Department of Marine Resources will provide guidance to the department as it considers new strategies for…

Following a December 3 decision by the tri-state regulatory commission that sets rules for shrimp fishing, Westport Island fisherman Steve Peaslee said he is not sure he will set and haul his…

The Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) has announced innovative new scallop management measures designed to build on the success of efforts to restore and sustain the fishery.

The…

Maine shrimp fishermen fear the shrimp fishing season might be as short as two days this year.

At a December 3 meeting, the Atlantic States Marine…

The total shrimp tonnage Maine fishermen will be able to haul up and the length of this year's season hangs on what the regulatory body that oversees the fishery decides early next month.…

Sea urchins love to dine on kelp. With that in mind, millions of kelp spores were strung in the waters off of Bayville and the Boothbay Harbor Shipyard November 20. At the forefront of this kelp…

New research published in the journal Nature Geosciences on November 18 suggests that cyanobacteria (tiny photosynthetic bacteria) living in vast open expanses of blue ocean waters may be playing…

Every morning from May through October, Frank Sprague and his black Lab, Rue, have lobster for breakfast. They eat it plain, with no butter and none of the mayonnaise Sprague would…

Aquaculture farms in Maine are cultivating blue sea mussels, oysters, Atlantic cod, halibut and salmon; clams, haddock, rainbow and steelhead trout, sea scallops, and even sand and bloodworms.…

The start of lobster fishing on Monhegan begins weeks before anyone gets a trap in the water. Boats are…

The Maine Department of Marine Resources has instituted an emergency flood clam/shellfish closure along the coast effective midnight October 29 due to heavy rains and anticipated…

The HMS Bounty is off the railway at Boothbay Harbor Shipyard on Friday, Oct. 19 after undergoing four…

This week, Hodgdon Custom Tenders shipped another one of its superyacht tenders to the superyacht builder, Oceanco, in the Netherlands.  

Hodgdon…

In another step toward what former Governor Angus King called the biggest industrial…

The Squadron Education Officer, John McMullen, announced the Wawenock Sail and Power Squadron’s line-up of safe boating classes to be held throughout the region during this fall. All classes are…

For many years David Stimson built and repaired boats on his family’s property in Boothbay. On August 28 the Town of Boothbay served Stimson with a notice of violation that barred David and his…

Three years ago, Amercian Cruise Lines added Boothbay Harbor to their tour of coastal Maine. Two ships, Independence and American Glory, dock at Wotton's Wharf on Thursday and…

The Navy has awarded Bath Iron Works a $26 million contract for design work on the new DDG 1000 class of destroyers, according to Congresswoman Chellie Pingree. Pingree sits on the House Armed…

As work progresses on the Cuckolds Rescue, myths and rumors fly around the community. In the spirit of “everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but everyone is not entitled to their own facts…

Last week I described the problems facing the lobster industry in Maine right now. The…

Freshwater aquaculture has been in existence since ancient times. As far back as 3500 B.C. the Chinese were cultivating carp in freshwater ponds and rice paddies and the…

Hodgdon Shipbuilding in East Boothbay announced August 24 that James Anderson, Engineering Manager of SP Gurit/High Modulus has joined Hodgdon to serve as their head of the design and engineering…

Carrie Schuman arrived in Maine in early May of 2010 to start her new job at Bigelow Labs in Boothbay Harbor. After finding her new office, she joined U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 25 just…

This summer's final public tour of the new Ocean Science and Education Campus will be at 60 Bigelow Drive in East Boothbay on Friday, Aug. 24, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. 

Visitors are invited to…

U.S. Sens. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) and Susan Collins (R-ME) today announced two new federal grants totaling $1,154,550 for Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in East Boothbay.  The grants were…

Confusion over two buoys, both marked No. 18, caused a stir last week.

Wesport Island resident Robert Maynes spotted a stray nun buoy under the Wesport Island Bridge and reported it to the…

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is seeking public comments on Statoil’s proposal to develop an experimental wind farm in ocean waters about 12 miles off Boothbay Harbor. The bureau is also…

Thanks to Westport Island resident Robert Maynes, the U.S. Coast Guard knows where a missing buoy ended up. Maynes spotted nun buoy No. 18, which normally marks the southern tip of Barters Island…

At their annual town meeting in June, Wiscasset voters agreed to suspend an ordinance that has in previous years prevented lobster traps from being placed in the river's designated…

A Maine lobsterman hauled in a 20-pound lobster a few weeks ago.

Jason Joyce, a resident of Swan’s Island, is a lifetime lobsterman, but he wasn't…

Dr. Scott Kraus, vice president for research at the New England Aquarium in Boston will be the guest scientist at Bigelow Laboratory’s August 14 Café Scientifique gathering at 6 p.m. in the Opera…

No doubt you’ve heard about the recent drop in lobster prices this summer (and hopefully you’ve had a chance to take advantage of it!). But while the sudden drop in lobster prices…

Washburn & Doughty will launch the “Katie T. Moran” Thursday marking the 25th tug they have built for the nation’s largest towing company, the Moran Towing Company.

Bearing the company’s…

The state has made good on its plans to crack down on illegal fishing for elvers. More violators have been caught and they’ve been getting stiffer penalties in court.

Also called glass eels…

Since 2005, the amount of crabs caught in Maine has been steadily declining. This year is showing a particularly dramatic drop in the catch numbers, resulting in higher prices and very low…

Among the lobstermen, hauling traps day after day for their living, are a few boats up and down the coast that seem to be having a little more fun than the others.

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At Hannaford, the cost of a pound of sliced Smokehouse Ham is $6.99. Usually, the price of deli meats less than luxury foods like lobster. But lobster will soon be for sale at Hannaford for $4.99…

The first workshop this season at Beachcombers’ Rest Nature Center in Pemaquid will be Friday, July 20, from 10:30 a.m. to noon and will about “Lobster Senses.”

Dr. Diane Cowan of The…

About 100 people crowded into the second floor of the Boothbay Fire House for …

If all goes according to plan, a new lobster processing plant, buying only from local fishermen, will open in Tenants Harbor in mid-July.

In 2008, the Great Eastern Mussel Farm on Tenants…

Representatives from the Norwegian Company Statoil will be in Boothbay to talk with residents about the company's plans for a pilot wind farm in a leased parcel of federal waters 12 miles offshore…

The 60-foot Balmy Days was built in 1932 and launched on the Kennebec River’s Swan Island.

Builder/owner/captain Charlie Wade immediately started the boat…

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has deemed…