Sept. 1, Sunday – Temp. 65, wind SW at 12 knots. A full feel of fall with 42 degrees at 6 a.m. Church today at 10 a.m. and lobstermen can also haul their gear on Sundays, now until next June. Ralph Stanley and his wife, Marion, visited us today near noon. We had a nice
McCloskey sisters oppose Pen Bay salmon project
Sal and Jane McCloskey – of One Morning in Maine fame – want to save their Penobscot Bay island from commercial salmon farming, a business they assert will irreparably damage the beauty, health and economy of the Little Deer Isle area. An application to the Maine Department of Marine Resources to locate salmon pens near
Green Crab Bisque, anyone?
A Prince Edward Island scientist thinks the green crab, a marauding pest that has hit the Maritimes hard, can also serve as edible food. And he’s been conducting experiments to make his point. “It has good flavor,” said Camille Gallant, a consultant with the Prince Edward Island Food Technology Centre. “I’ve cooked, cracked and eaten
How to murder a crustacean
I always envied Dick Van Dyke when I was younger. He actually got paid to kiss Mary Tyler Moore on television every week. (I’d have done it for free, but she didn’t know that.) She comes to mind each year when the weather turns warmer, and it all has to do with Maine’s favorite seafood
Deer Meat
There are too many deer. There is not enough deer meat. It used to be many of my neighbors headed into winter with a freezer decently filled with deer meat steaks, stewing pieces and deer burger, and in the pantry several jars of mincemeat made from the neck and spare parts. How some of my
Beach Glass, Islander
Beach Glass by Frank Gotwals Islander by Cindy Lawson Coombs Frank Gotwals is a busy man. Lobsterman by day and folksinger by night, he writes his own songs about love and life and the sea both back when and now, and accompanies himself on guitar. An excellent musician, in his second CD, Beach Glass, he
Up In The Old Hotel and other stories
Vintage Books, Paperback, 716 pages, $16 When I found myself telling fishermen about this book, I realized that although some of the stories go back as far as 1938 – worth telling Working Waterfront readers about. Up In The Old Hotel is a compilation of four books Joseph Mitchell wrote during his illustrious career as
From Abundance to Scarcity, A History of U.S. Marine Fisheries Policy
Washington, D.C.: Island Press This volume traces fisheries policy of the United States over roughly the last century. This remarkable period of fisheries history saw greater gains in landings than any other time, along with devastating declines for many species. For the most part, it is a story of disappointingly poor foresight, the results of
Hook fisherman, scientists study what cod eat
Ted Ligenza, a Chatham-based fisherman of 30 years and a collaborative research participant for a little over one year, is trying to figure out what cod eat and when they eat it in an area east of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Ligenza has teamed up with fisheries biologist Frank Almeida from the Northeast Fisheries Science Center
Researchers, fishermen study dredge spoils impact
Between Nov. 15, 2002, and January 2003, the Army Corps of Engineers will be disposing of dredge spoils at the Rockland Disposal Site about halfway between Rockland and Vinalhaven. Silt and clay hauled from Camden and Belfast Harbor will be released at the site about three miles northeast of the Rockland Break-water in some 200