Small Maine family fishing businesses will be displaced and shuttered by the unprecedented hurry to industrialize the ocean.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine
Can lab-grown lobster compete with Maine’s most lucrative catch?
A food tech company in Wisconsin plans to commercialize cultured lobster meat, but industry leaders in Maine say they don’t see it as an immediate threat.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Lobster industry has more to add to wind discussion than ‘Crush Mills’
The governor and others are making a good-faith effort to answer questions about the Gulf of Maine’s future. Fishermen should join them.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Offshore wind opponents unmoved by governor’s proposed 10-year ban
Two planned projects opposed by lobstermen and other protesters Wednesday would not be subject to Gov. Janet Mills’ proposed moratorium on wind power projects in Maine’s state waters.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Lobster traps and turbines can co-exist in the Gulf of Maine
The lobster industry is lashing out at offshore wind developers, and it’s not helping anyone.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Wind developer accuses fishing boats of disrupting Maine offshore survey
While fishermen deny the charge and counter that the survey vessel has damaged gear, the project’s developer says fishing gear has proliferated along the survey route instead of being removed as it requested.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Maine lobstermen protest Monhegan-area wind project
A chain of more than 80 lobster boats traced the path of a survey vessel preparing for an offshore turbine south of Monhegan Island on Sunday.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Federal apprenticeship program to include Maine lobstermen, loggers
The federal law includes an amendment from Democratic Rep. Jared Golden of Maine to make agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting eligible for the money through the U.S. Department of Labor.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Nation & World
U.S. lobster industry braces for Chinese New Year diminished by pandemic
China is enforcing strict rules about food importation because of the coronavirus.
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Plan for salmon farm Down East prompts call for review of state licensing rules
Some believe that Maine’s process for approving in-water aquaculture is too permissive, and that such operations could overtake the coastline.