Meanwhile, the state reopens some harvesting areas after determining there is no biotoxin risk.
Peter McGuire
Peter McGuire is a business reporter covering Maine trade, transportation and tourism. A proud native of the western Maine mountains, there is a good chance he’d rather be playing outside. Peter has covered local news for Maine newspapers in Oxford County, Brunswick, Waterville and Portland. He holds a bachelor’s degree in history from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia and a Master’s Degree in International Relations from Boston University. He lives in Biddeford with his wife Stephanie and brown rescue dog named Emmy Lou.
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Maine trade center gets $195,000 to help small-business exports
A previous grant helped spark $22 million in exports.
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Maine North Atlantic Development Office joins Arctic Economic Council
The Maine organization is the first member in the Lower 48 states.
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‘Six Seasons: A New Way With Vegetables’ brings joy, not virtue, to vegetables
Co-author and chef Joshua McFadden spent two years learning with farmers and writers Eliot Coleman and Barbara Damrosch in Maine.
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Maine recovers nearly all mussels affected by toxic algae
State officials say shellfish dealers were able to recover 98 percent of mussels possibly tainted by a biotoxin produced by a widespread algae bloom near Mount Desert Island.
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Maine expands area closed to shellfish harvesting, and is gauging extent of mussel recall
The Department of Marine Resources adds a section of the Penobscot River to the ban areas in response to a toxic algae bloom off the Down East coast.
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BIW union representing 760 draftsmen and technicians rejects contract, set to strike
But members of the Bath Marine Draftsmen’s Association Local 3999 have agreed to work until the end of the week while negotiations continue.
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Mussels from 5 Maine shellfish dealers recalled because of harmful algae bloom
Mussels harvested around Mount Desert Island last week are being recalled because they may be tainted with neurotoxin produced by a marine phytoplankton.
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Algae bloom forces suspension of shellfishing in parts of Down East Maine
It’s the second straight year that a bloom of Pseudo-nitzschia, a phytoplankton that can carry toxic domoic acid, has forced a closure along large parts of the coast.
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Fishermen resist as proposals for Portland waterfront projects mount
Wary of being squeezed out, more than 90 people sign a petition citing emerging problems and reminding the city of the benefits of the marine economy.