About 1,200 pounds of lobster were sold at the Port Clyde Lobster Harvest Day, held this past Saturday, October 10. Wind gusts up to 25 knots blew a folding table across the dock. Volunteers sold live and cooked lobster and lobster dinners, which included corn, crab claws and potato chips. The event was held by
The Ghost Trap
Leapfrog Press, 2009 280 pages, $15.95 A timely novel In lobstering lingo, a “ghost trap” results from the cutting off of a trap, accidental or otherwise. What should work well—a functioning trap lowered in the water that catches and holds lobsters until hauled-goes missing in action when cut off, its line severed, no longer connected
Federal stimulus funds help pay for new, cleaner marine engines
Scientist studies the impact of ocean acidification on the Gulf of Maine
Dr. Mark Green spends his summers in the mud of Maine’s coastal areas, researching the fate of larval bivalves, also called spat. What he’s found isn’t encouraging. The mud in some places along Maine’s coast is so acidic that spat risk dissolving if they try to settle. While that’s bad news for bivalves, it
This harvest festival celebrates lobstering
The Maine Lobster Promotion Council, working with area lobstermen, is unveiling a new event to help support the lobster industry. The event is called Maine Lobster Harvest Days and will be held throughout October and November. The fall was picked for the harvest days because most Maine lobster is actually harvested in the fall, according
The ocean is not a garbage can
In response to the article, “New Brunswick sea lice pesticide treatment generates opposition (Working Waterfront, August 2009), we received a letter from Dr. David Suziki, a Canadian scientist, environmentalist and broadcaster. The ocean is not a garbage can I believe the use of chemical pesticides to “manage” anything in the wild is folly. Insecticides and
Cat clinic on Matinicus
There was a feline spay and neuter clinic held on Matinicus Island on September 5 and 6. The two-day medical service was sponsored by the Maine Sea Coast Mission, which paid for transportation costs for the veterinarian and the technician. Donations from island residents helped to pay the cost of feral cat surgery and a
Thank you for a thorough article
I think Sandra Dinsmore did a very thorough job reporting on the new tank at the Winter Harbor Co-op (“Turning shedders into more profitable hard shell lobsters,” Working Waterfront, September issue). She got it right-not just the facts about our story, but giving the bigger picture on markets and product demand. The co-op members all
Where the Mountains Meet the Sea: A History of the Camden Area, 1900-2000
Rarely, if ever, have the lives and intimate connections of a town with its contiguous populations been captured in such biographical charm as in this stunning book. Accentuated with a wealth of photographs from multiple private and public archives, the pages are alive with historical reference. With its intermittent, mini-bios of the movers and shakers
Island Institute launches strategic planning process
The Island Institute is about to launch a strategic planning process, which will define the organization’s priorities over the next three years. From now through November 1, the Island Institute will be reaching out to our island constituents, members, and partner organizations through interviews, community meetings, and online surveys to receive feedback that will structure