To address fishermen’s needs, the city should make significant zoning changes.
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A new job for Maine law enforcement: Supervising the packing of baby eels
The new rules are designed to deter illegal sales of the fish, which are usually worth more than $1,000 per pound at the docks.
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Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Congressional panel to examine threats to right whales
A subcommittee will listen to testimony and consider analysis done so far.
Posted inFood, Restaurant reviews
Dine Out Maine: A focus on the planet, and on healthy eating, underline the menu at Crunchy Poké Bar
The restaurant puts a Japanese spin on the raw fish dish from Hawaii.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Packing of baby eels may be overseen by Maine law enforcement
The move by regulators is among measures they are trying to stem poaching.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Maine shrimpers hope they haven’t seen the last of an industry lost to warm seas
If shrimping does come back, it will likely be at a smaller scale, centered on local retail as opposed to freezing the product for export, one wholesaler says.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: None of us can afford to sit back as climate change poses threat to all life on Earth
Mainers should push for the state to revisit solar and the U.S. to return to the Paris accord.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State, News
Cushing fishing boat captain gets 4 years for causing deaths of 2 crewmen
Christopher A. Hutchinson, 30, was convicted of seaman’s manslaughter in the 2014 deaths for taking his vessel out after drinking and taking drugs. His boat capsized in a storm.
Posted inLocal & State, New England, News
Cod fishing still closed off New England in wake of shutdown
The New England Fishery Management Council says rules for Gulf of Maine cod and other species will remain in effect unless they are replaced with new measures.
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Firm abandons plan to help endangered salmon on Penobscot
The owner of a dam in Milford determined that the system posed a ‘significant risk’ to other species such as river herring.