“LX” I’ve been struggling with a simple truth visited on me in early October. I’ve known for decades that it was coming and when it was coming and, for eight weeks or so I have been dimly aware that, as expected, it did come. Still, it came much sooner than anticipated. My simple truth is
Watch That Bamboo!
To the editor: Thanks to you, Randy Purinton, and Rick Dyer for the informative article on Monhegan’s Japanese barberry infestation [WWF Nov. 04]. Unfortunately, the barberry is not the only problem — for other interested readers, Maine’s Dept. of Conservation is starting to address the issue with the public. Their website [see www.maine.gov/doc/mfs/woodswise/invasive.html] outlines their
Fine Spotter Pilot
To the editor: … We loved the article on Leon Minzy [WWF Nov. 04]. He was a longtime spotter pilot for me for many years when I traveled along the coast stop-seining herring (in the good old days when small sardines came ashore nearly every summer, which they haven’t done in recent years). Minzy was,
Form and Function
Visitors to the Vikingship Museum in Oslo, Norway, wonder why there is a notch extending from the holes that were used as oarlocks on Viking longboats. The notch allowed the blade of the oar to pass through the hull from inside the boat. If the Vikings had not cut the notch, they would have had
Port Clyde joins list of “major” New England fishing ports
Lobster, the undisputed king of Maine’s fisheries, holds its title in the 2003 federal landings statistics and boosted Port Clyde into the ranks of New England’s “major” fishing ports for the first time. The 2003 lobster harvest of $285.6 million represented a 2.6 percent decrease in value from 2002, but a 12.1 percent increase over
“At Risk”New Canadian law has fishermen worried and angry
Fishery recommendations made by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) have Atlantic Canada fishermen angry and confused. Complaints are being heard from Port Aux Basques, Newfoundland, to Grand Manan, New Brunswick. Along with general worries about the implications of recommendations made under the newly enacted Species at Risk Act are
The Newfoundland-New England fisheries connection is strong and growing
Before Newfoundland became a province of Canada, thousands of fishermen left the island to work on New England fishing boats. Many stayed to become citizens and raise families. After Confederation in 1949, the flow of Newfoundland immigrants slowed and the connection was not as strong. Now the Fisheries and Marine Institute at Memorial University in
“Bucket and Chuckit” No Longer – Casco Bay could become no-discharge zone
Casco Bay may soon become Maine’s first federally designated “No Discharge Zone.” In the interest of the environment and human health, federal, state, and local governments and the nonprofit Friends of Casco Bay have formed a partnership to declare the practice of discharging boat sewage into the Bay obsolete. The federal “No Discharge Zone” designation
Diversification keeps Hodgdon Yachts’ workforce busy
Hodgdon Yachts has been building boats in East Boothbay for almost 100 years. Although the company remains best known for its custom luxury yachts, it has remained flexible, taking on available work and modernizing techniques as new technology becomes available. Guided by president Tim Hodgdon, the company’s latest move, designed to keep its highly skilled
“High-tech blacksmiths”- Using technology to improve propeller performance
It’s one thing to haul a boat out of the water periodically to remove encrusted marine life from the hull and propeller, but today’s high-performance engines call for high-tech methods to balance and tune propellers for maximum efficiency. Two companies use computers to fix boat propellers: Hale MRI and Prop Scan, an Australian propeller inspection