The aluminum hull fabricated at Lyman-Morse in Rockland for Chebeague boatbuilder Michael Porter and his wife, Barbara, voyaged over land to South Thomaston in early April for further work prior to launching. Porter will build the boat’s interior at his own shop on Chebeague. The Porters are planning a voyage to Europe, where they will
Hard Times: Closures, budget limits stress Maine’s clam diggers
Local clam diggers are struggling to keep their heads above water, after last year’s repeated closures for red tide and heavy rainfall forced some others right out of the business. The owner of Marina’s Seafoods, located in Waldoboro, has been buying clams for more than 25 years. She reports that last year was one of
Snow crab price down, quota cut
When the Northern cod fishery in Atlantic Canada collapsed, many fishermen looked to the snow crab fishery as an alternative way to earn a living. Now the snow crab fishery is in difficulty on two fronts. The market value of crab is down, and the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans has reduced the quota.
Fledgling Camden seafood company wins big in Boston
Thousands of fish products vie for attention at the annual International Boston Seafood Show every March. Each year, hundreds of those products are new to the market. Many producers of the new ones believe their product is unusual enough, offers an added convenience, or simply outshines someone else’s older version. Those producers enter their products
Downeast collaborators purchase former hatchery, plan educational center
Black Duck Cove on Great Wass Island in the town of Beals is a stunningly beautiful piece of coastal real estate. White-capped waves crash against the rocky shore. And on a sunny day, the Schoodic Peninsula and Cadillac Mountain are clearly visible, rising over open-ocean. But it wasn’t the view that attracted the new owners
Want better fuel efficiency? Try this…
With the price of crude oil hitting an all time high and prices at the pump escalating, drivers of both diesel and gasoline engines, and people who heat with oil, might want to take notice of Future Fuel Technology’s fuel maximizer, FFT Gasoline Blend and FFT Diesel Blend. The products, which are actually the same
Black Horse builds light, fast powerboats for the luxury market
Howard Hagar, general manager of Black Horse Yachts in South Harpswell, is pleased with the 33-foot and new 29-foot power yachts the company builds. Six years ago, J. Stark Thompson bought the company after he had purchased a yacht from the former owner. Today there are five employees, and a naval architect, Geoffrey Dickes, designs
Lobster Sashimi
To the editor: Colin Woodard’s April 2006 `Parallel 44′ column on the Tsukiji Fish Market was apt and entertaining for this Maine native and Tokyo resident. On this side of the Pacific, how lobsters are sold and consumed beyond international hotels and the Red Lobster may differ in some instances from the Downeast experience. In
Listen harder, please
To the editor: “Listening to an Island” by David D. Platt (WWF, April 2006) appears to be an account of a tour group, called “Two Roads Maine,” visiting a barrier island in Georgia in March 2006. The group was “dedicated to helping people through transitions in their lives.” It was interested in helping its members re-connect
A historian’s memories
To the editor: The article on the “Grand Design” in your March issue by Steve Cartwright and the great research done on this shipwreck by Julia Lane triggered a lot of memories. I first heard of this wreck in Edward Rowe Snow’s Storms and Shipwrecks of New England (1944). It was basically the same story