Imposing a license wait-list divides those protective of a prized natural resource and others who see a growing fleet as key to a thriving regional economy.
Penelope Overton
Staff Writer
Penny is excited to be the Portland Press Herald’s first climate reporter. Since joining the paper in 2016, she has written about Maine’s lobster and cannabis industries, covered state politics and spent a fellowship year exploring the impact of climate change on the lobster fishery with the Boston Globe’s Spotlight team. Before moving to Maine, she covered politics, environment, casino gambling and tribal issues in Florida, Connecticut and Arizona. Her favorite assignments allow her to introduce readers to unusual people, cultures, or subjects. When off the clock, Penny is usually getting lost in a new book at a local coffeehouse, watching foreign crime shows or planning her family’s next adventure.
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Sweden’s proposed ban on American lobsters clears first hurdle
The opinion of the European Union’s Scientific Forum on Invasive Alien Species sets in motion a broader review of the proposal.
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Amid signs of backlash over LePage, will tourists stay away from Maine?
Industry officials wait to see if the political storm and national attention damage Maine as recent controversies did in two other states.
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Gary Johnson tells Maine audience his Libertarian ticket offers voters ‘six-lane highway down the middle’
The candidate appears in Portland and Lewiston and says this week’s racially charged comments by Maine’s Republican governor should make voters reconsider their options.
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Lobstermen in Maine’s historically open zone vote to close their waters to newcomers
The call for a waiting list in Zone C, which includes Stonington and Vinalhaven, now goes to a local council and then state regulators.
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On trip to Greenland, Sen. King finds effect of climate change ‘amazing and scary’
He returns from a three-day fact-finding trip with plan to call for more U.S. icebreakers to clear Arctic trade routes.
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Pogy fishery reopens with strict new rules
Maine fishermen must limit their pursuit to Tuesday-Thursday, and net less than 120,000 pounds a week.
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Invasive green crabs are scuttling from dilemma to delicacy
Moleche, anyone? A group of Georgetown fishermen and others are getting expert advice from Venice, Italy, to turn a rampant threat to Maine’s fisheries into a marketable part of the solution.
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Shortage of herring used for lobster bait sparks run on pogies
Officials close the fishery after the catch to meet demand for an alternative trap bait surpasses the state’s quota for the first time.
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Ads use real-life stories to recruit tourists to ‘Work in Maine’
The campaign posts banners showing a scientist and a consultant who gave the state a shot and decided to stay.