After the February council meeting harvesters talked about demand, price and weather – other key factors in the health of the industry. Japan’s weak economy and the world-wide availability of urchins have helped keep the price down. Jim Wadsworth, once a buyer primarily of whole urchins, said he is buying a greater percentage of urchins
“Lobster Tales” documents where lobsters go in the market
Researchers working in Vinalhaven’s Carver’s Harbor last year were interested in learning more about how lobsters travel. They tagged thousands of lobsters, released them and waited for fishermen to re-catch them and call in their new coordinates. Although most of the lobsters reported didn’t make it far, a couple went as much as ten miles.
Penn Estabrook, Deputy DMR Commissioner, retires
Puckishly selecting Valentine’s Day as his last day on the job as Deputy Commissioner, Penn Estabrook completed 23 years of service in the Department of Marine Resources (DMR). Recruited by then DMR Commissioner Spencer Apollonio in 1980, Estabrook came to Maine from South Carolina. In 1985 Apollonio tapped him to be Deputy Commissioner. As Deputy
Editorials
Tax reform While we haven’t taken a position on the Maine Land Bank property tax reform proposal, we’ve devoted considerable space to it over the past several months. We reported on the Land Bank as proposed at last fall’s Affordable Coast Conference. Donna Damon of Chebeague Island wrote an excellent op-ed piece about the plan
Wrong hurricane, wrong year
As a current resident of South Carolina and former resident of coastal Maine, I could not help but notice your reference to Hurricane Hugo in the “Long Island Sound lobsters die off, again” article of Nov. 2002. You mentioned that Hurricane Hugo impacted the sound in 1998. Hurricane Hugo occurred in September 1989, the year
That Maine Attitude
Damn! I came back to New York state for some peace and quiet, and what happens? The Mainers and their Attitude show up and hassle me anyway. I am not going to go off on a rant here, but I guess old Krob won’t feel good about getting back to Vacationland for another four or
North Haven Community School invites students “from away”
Over the past three years, North Haven Community School (NHCS) has welcomed into its midst three new students who have taken the initiative to move out to the island, in some cases living with foster families, to complete their high school education. NHCS’s student body had already included several off island students through the American
Orphaned by war, “Lost Boys” find friends on North Haven
Exercises and experiences in diversity continued at North Haven Community School as three members of the “Lost Boys” of Sudan visited the school during the week prior to February vacation. The “Lost Boys” are so called after the story of Peter Pan, whose troop of boys managed, without adults, to survive on their own adaptability
Hancock Gourmet Lobster Company
Cal Hancock’s business has found its niche by producing specialty, high-end seafood products, and in doing so, utilizes 20,000 to 25,000 pounds of knuckle and claw lobster meat processed in Maine. Owner of Hancock Gourmet Lobster Co., Hancock puts the bulk of this lobster meat into Cundy’s Harbor Lobster Stew. Another large percent of the
Dragon Cement expansion could affect Rockland, Wiscasset
The news in early February that Dragon Cement has revived negotiations to purchase the Mason Station in Wiscasset for distribution of its product created a flurry of phone calls among lobstermen along the Sheepscot River. Dragon, New England’s only cement plant, has just begun a $50 million, 18-month modernization of its Thomaston facility that will