“She’s a good leader, a real asset to the industry; we’re awful lucky to have her,” says Pat White of Patrice Farrey, who last November became executive director of the Maine Lobstermen’s Association. Farrey took over the job after working for two years as associate director. White had served as executive director for the past
A coastal community confronts an “absurd” housing situation
Ed Myers of Walpole says four fishermen and owners of two oyster companies use his dock for access to the Damariscotta River, but not one of these people lives in the town of Bristol, which covers the peninsula where Myers is located. Instead, they travel from Nobleboro, Newcastle, Waldoboro and Jefferson to earn their livelihood.
New England’s groundfishery: Five views of the changed rules
On May 1, 2002, New England commercial groundfishermen began operating under a last minute ruling by a federal judge establishing a new and more restrictive management plan for the fishery. Judge Gladys Kessler’s ruling came after a coalition of five environmental groups won a federal suit charging the government of with failing to implement mandates
By land and by sea Maine schooners are on the move
Maine’s schooner industry will expand this summer into both ends of the state with new day sailing operations out of Eastport and Casco Bay. Neither of these vessels is new, and neither is a stranger to the state, having both been built in Maine before long and far-ranging working lives, but they do represent a
North Atlantic Seafood to re-open Lubec’s former Stinson plant
It’s a small piece of economic good news for Lubec – but even a small piece is welcome around Cobscook Bay these days. The former Stinson Seafood plant, which was closed last July, is about to be a facility operated by North Atlantic Seafood of Stonington. Although the company will probably hire only six to
Burnt Church council election declared invalid
Canadian Fisheries and Oceans Minister Robert Thibault said in mid-May that he was optimistic about future relations between the federal government and the Burnt Church Mi’kmaq fishermen in New Brunswick. But by late in the month there wasn’t a recognized band council for him to negotiate with. On May 10, the federal Department of Indian
The gated coast; Oh, deer; Selective gear
At their recent town meeting, Islesboro residents left little doubt that access to the shore is important to them. Overwhelm-ingly, they voted down a landowner’s proposal to close an old public road that lets people reach the shore. “We’re not willing to give up [public] access, anywhere, any more!” declared one resident in a phrase
Thanks for Grand Manan Seamen’s Memorial Day Expanding Jackson Lab
To the editor: Thank you for choosing Canada Post to deliver Working Waterfront for the past several years. We will miss doing business with you. Hopefully some of our people will subscribe to your paper. Shirley McGuire, Postmaster North Head Grand Manan, New Brunswick,Canada Seamen’s Memorial Day To the editor: In 1985 the Maine State
When the seals and the eagles get embarrassed and move off shore
A rambling conversation between chance acquaintances over two beers in a bar: Corner Stool: I see where the dam’ gov’ment has slapped a ban on Outer Heron Island. Adjacent Stool: Sure have. Can’t land there this summer. Corner Stool: I had an idea that when it was bought by the land trust, it was for
Lobsters
When I think about fishermen and scientists, I am reminded of a great one-liner from a movie, Cool Hand Luke, where Paul Newman’s jailer drawls his famously understated line. “What we have here,” he deadpans, “is a failure to communicate.” When the Penobscot Bay Collaborative began almost six years ago, the gap in perceptions of