WASHINGTON -- The Coast Guard will release the S.S. El Faro Marine Board of…
Marine
5:30 p.m., Monday, Oct. 2
ROCKLAND – More than 12,500 passengers and ship employees will visit Rockland Harbor between September 13 and October 20 of this year. The cruise ships bringing them pay the city $8 per passenger…
Odds of trapping a white lobster is 1 in 100 million
THOMASTON – It is the rarest of rare lobsters, and the chances of catching one are 1 in 100 million, but that's what Desiree Smith, of Rockland, did. She found in his traps an albino/white lobster…
ORONO — Increasing environmental uncertainty coupled with rapidly changing market conditions in the Gulf of Maine raise important questions about the ability of Maine's commercial fishermen to…
AUGUSTA — Three days after implementing a recall of mussels because of Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning, the Maine Department of Marine Resources, working with dealers, has recovered 98 percent of the…
Mussels harvested in Frenchman Bay subject to recall
MAINE - The Maine Department of Marine Resources is in the process of recalling mussels harvested from Frenchman Bay due to elevated levels of domoic acid, the biotoxin that causes Amnesic…
WASHINGTON — The National Transportation Safety Board plans to meet Dec. 12, 2017, in Washington to determine the probable cause of the October 2015 sinking of the cargo ship El Faro in the…
Hurricane Irma
ROCKLAND – Rockland Harbor Master Matt Ripley heads to Florida, Tuesday, Sept. 12, to lend assistance in the wake of Hurricane Irma. Through his own desire, he coordinated the trip, knowing most…
ST. GEORGE — Marshall Point Lighthouse and Museum is preparing to build a 18' x 25' replica of the original Keeper's Barn and Workshop, which stood behind the keeper's house for over 74 years. The…
ROCKPORT — The Penobscot Bay YMCA is seeking donations for its 2018 annual Boat Auction scheduled for the second Saturday in June. Since the first auction in 1998, this major fundraising event…
Organizers are looking for a few good teams to have a great time building a wonderful, safe, durable sailing / rowing dinghy this weekend at the Camden Windjammer Festival.
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CAMDEN—Set against the backdrop of America's largest fleet of historic schooners, the members of the Maine Windjammer Association (MWA) will present their Lifetime Appreciation Award to Captain…
On Thursday, Aug. 31, the historic schooner When and If will sail into Boothbay Harbor with owner-captain Seth Salzmann at the helm.
The 65-foot John Alden yacht is coming to the…
Up the Kennebec River in replica bateau, for adventure and the story
On September 25, 2017, I’m going to make a huge mistake. I’ve known it for some time now even though I have been amply warned by both my wife and history itself. Only a fool — or someone obsessed…
BELFAST — There was a gray, cool start to the 10th annual Belfast Harbor Fest’s weekend activities,…
BELFAST — Though the 10th annual Harbor Fest officially began the evening of Aug. 18, the full festivities didn’t start until the next morning, when a variety of vendors took over Steamboat…
Capital campaign to replace two helicopters
PENOBSCOT BAY was a palette of grey and silver Aug. 19, with fog hovering over the Northport hills, the kind of day when the water blends into the sky. Except, however, for a three-mile stretch…
ROCKLAND – During their Monday, Aug, 14, meeting, City Council members voted to postpone a decision regarding fee increases for cruise ships visiting Rockland Harbor. After hearing from various…
ROCKLAND – “I’m sure that your stepping down is going to leave a huge gap in the knowledge of that commission,” Councilor Valli Geiger said to Howard Edwards, Jr.
After 25 years on the…
Lyman-Morse, the custom boatbuilder and service provider with yards in Thomaston and Camden, and a brokerage office in Newport, Rhode Island, has expanded Downeast. Eric Roos will manage the new…
‘Docking should not cause a divorce’
CAMDEN — Maybe you have heard this couple (any harbor, U.S.A.), coming in to dock their boat. The man is generally at the helm; he’s nervous but doesn’t want to let on. She is on the bow, line in…
ALEXANDRIA, VA – The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's American Lobster Management Board initiated Draft Addendum XXVII to Amendment 3 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for…
Out on the bay
VINALHAVEN — “Let’s go to Vinalhaven!” Well, heck, yes. The breeze, if you could call it that, was light and out of the north on July 30, and the seas were to remain fairly calm. A perfect day to…
CAMDEN — The Camden Harbor Committee will convene at 7:30 a.m. at the Camden Yacht Club, Aug. 1, and face a full agenda that includes everything from water pollution in the harbor to lobster gear…
BROOKLIN — NOAH Publications will present its annual Calendar of Wooden Boats ® Most Photogenic Boat Award at the 2017 Eggemoggin Reach Regatta.
Marine photographer Benjamin…
Threat to ecology and navigation
THOMASTON — The Maine Department of Marine Resources has turned down a request to site an oyster and sea scallop aquaculture farm in a cove on Pleasant Island in Mussel Ridge Channel. DMR…
2017 is 145th anniversary of U.S. lobster conservation efforts
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Angus King and Susan Collins today introduced a resolution that would designate September 25, 2017, as "National Lobster Day." Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.),…
Comments must be submitted by July 25
The final agenda and meeting materials for the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's 2017 Summer Meeting are now available at …
From Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON --The U.S. Coast Guard announced today an update to its navigation guidance for the use of electronic charts in lieu of paper charts and publications.
The updated version of…
Sharp knife, quick thinking
MATINICUS ROCK — On Friday, July 14, two lobstermen had the opportunity to save a life while fishing offshore. Jeremy Willey, 37, of Owls Head, was at the helm of his boat, F/V Miss Jodi…
Funds to expand dockage for vessels traveling Maine coast
PORTLAND — Yachting Solutions, LLC, of Rockland, is among two Maine marinas that will receive federal grant funds totaling more than $1.8 million. The Federal Boating…
Maine Marine Patrol to Focus on Boating Under the Influence
The Maine Marine Patrol will be on heightened alert for those violating Maine’s boating under the influence laws during the national Operation Drywater weekend, June 30-July 2.
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One of Maine’s busiest harbors gets ready for summer
CAMDEN — Steve Pixley, Camden’s harbor master, is anticipating a busy summer on the waterfront, and one aspect of that working harbor got well organized more than a month ago: The Camden Day…
‘It’s been a long five winters building it’
The Cummins inboard engine rumbled to life like a charm Saturday afternoon, June 10, and Rockport fisherman Kenny Dodge gave a slight smile and nod. Inside, though, you knew he was grinning big.…
Despite an abundance of egg-bearing adult lobsters and record-breaking harvests, the number of young lobsters continues to fall in the Gulf of Maine.
That’s the 2016…
ROCKLAND — The Maine Lighthouse Museum is holding a benefit raffle, and the prize is a 3-foot by 4-foot photo on canvas of the rare first order Fresnel lens at the Umpqua River Lighthouse in…
From Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON — Representatives Chellie Pingree and Bruce Poliquin have reintroduced their bill to make it easier for seafood dealers to export sea urchins and sea cucumbers outside of the…
Going clamming with a camera
Bridie McGreavy grew up in Brownfield, but until arriving at the University of Maine in 2010, she hadn't been on a clam flat. Walking on exposed intertidal mud for the first time, she…
Islesboro sailors ‘outstanding team race maneuver’ award
ROCKLAND — On Saturday, May 20, teams from Southern Maine, Camden Hills Regional High School, Boothbay Harbor, Islesboro Central School and Rockland Community Sailing sailed a series of 20…
The New England Fishery Management Council will be conducting…
The Rockland-based nonprofit Island Institute received a $240,000 grant through the Gulf Research Program of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to fund a collaborative…
ROCKPORT — The Penobscot Bay YMCA's annual Ned Kyle Boat Auction is scheduled for Saturday, June 10. The YMCA is looking for new or old boats (sail, power, dinghy, kayak, canoe, skiffs, rowing…
Today, she is as beautiful as ever, sailing the Mediterranean
Photograher Joe McGurn has gone through more photos from the mystery boxes that he purchased last year in an estate sale, and this time, he has collated almost 150 that chronicled the…
Those fortunate enough to live on lakes often add to their enjoyment with a floating dock. Such floating docks, when well‐constructed, are both aesthetic and offer shelter and a resting place for…
Charlie Morecraft has a message for all about safety
Maine is a state of hard, rugged, tenacious workers. They won’t quit cutting cordwood, hauling traps, or haying the fields until it’s getting dark and time for supper, maybe a beer.
But…
University of Maine is one of NOAA’s 33 designated Sea Grant Programs
Days after President Donald Trump released his Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 budget proposal completely eliminating the $73 million National Sea Grant College Program, U.S.…
Ship named in honor of Korean War hero
U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and Representatives Chellie Pingree and Bruce Poliquin will attend and deliver remarks at the christening of Bath Iron…
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…
Sister boat to the Andrea Gail lost during ‘The Perfect Storm’ of 1991
On March 13, beachcombers on Fanore Beach, Co. Clare, Ireland, happened to come across an orange tag washed up on shore. It wasn’t unusual: plenty of tags and other marine debris from the U.S.…
boat had been moving around in circles at high rate of speed, nobody at the wheel
AUGUSTA — Maine Gov. Paul R. LePage and Rear Adm. Steven D. Poulin, Commander of the First Coast Guard District, presented the Silver Lifesaving Medal and Certificate of Valor to two Maine Marine…
