They manage moorings, settle turf wars and now one is even running for the US Senate.
lobster industry
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Can a baby boom save the right whale — and Maine’s lobster industry?
Record births are slowing the endangered species’ decline, potentially shifting the regulatory landscape for the state’s iconic fishery.
advertisement
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Feuding rivals at lucrative Maine lobster port agree to timeout
The Mazzetta Co. moved its ‘blockade’ boat and the local co-op paused its legal fight, shifting the battle for Maine’s working waterfront to a 60-day negotiation.
Posted inBusiness, News
A lobster turf war is brewing in coastal Maine
A battle between a local co-op and a seafood conglomerate in Spruce Head has escalated from permit disputes to a floating blockade, testing the limits of the working waterfront.
Posted inBusiness, Food, News
How high gas prices are rippling through Maine’s economy
Farmers, fishermen and forest product companies call diesel the lifeblood of the state’s working lands and waterfronts.
Posted inMaine, News
Feds plan to roll back speed regulations that protect endangered right whales
A notice of the plan from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration was scheduled to be published on Wednesday.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Program aims to help Maine lobstermen start other businesses as industry struggles
The Fishing Plus Accelerator, launching this fall, will teach financial literacy and business startup skills.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Maine fishermen aren’t afraid of great white sharks. They’re fascinated.
‘If I see a fin near the surface, I always go and check it out,’ said fisherman Cory Hawkes, who spotted 10 great white sharks near Harpswell in July.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Congress weighs 10-year delay in lobstering rules that protect North Atlantic right whales
Rep. Jared Golden of Maine urged a committee to give the lobstering industry more time to prepare for regulations that advocates fear could hurt the industry.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Cozy Harbor Seafood files for bankruptcy protection, looks to sell business
The Portland-based business, which owns Art’s Lobster Co. and Casco Bay Lobster, says it has been navigating financial challenges ever since the COVID-19 pandemic.