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Boiling It Down: Paris Hill Firm Creates Gourmet Seafood Extracts
When Chef Stuart Littlefield returned in the early 1990s to settle in Maine with his wife, Janelle, they first lived in Portland and then moved to Oxford, to raise their children near his family and hometown of Paris Hill. He says they had to recognize from the beginning that there was little opportunity in Oxford
Changing Coast: At State Aquaculture Heaings, Questions are Often the Same
At an aquaculture lease hearing in Northport in February, a resident of Bayside angrily asked Joe Larrabee how he could get him to turn down the rock music Larrabee usually had blaring from his radio when he was working on his mussel raft 1,190 feet offshore. “Just ask,” answered Larrabee, who wasn’t aware that the
Yankee Ingenuity: Frenchman’s Bay Mussel Farmers Plan to Sink Their Rafts Out of Sight
Maine aquaculture farmers often bend over backwards to satisfy the desires of riparian landowners. They’ve muted colors, muffled engines, reduced the size of buoys, cut down the size of lease sites. Now, Babe Stanley and his son Shain are using their Yankee ingenuity to invent a way to get their mussel aquaculture rafts out of
Portland Shellfish Diversifies with Value-Added Products
Jeff Holden grew up in Portland when groundfish were abundant and the fishing industry thrived. At age 14, he was working from 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. at Brown’s Wharf in Portland packing whiting. He laughs to remember how once, walking home after work, he caught a ride with a fellow who put up with
Small Libraries Serve Maine’s Peninsulas and Islands
On a frigid January morning, Michele Moran, librarian at Totman Memorial Library in Phippsburg, and Inga Cesh, a library volunteer, gather their materials for the weekly children’s story and craft hour, which begins at 10. Despite the challenging weather, five mothers arrive with children ages 2 to 5, as well as Charlie and Marilyn Stevens,
Tank Hobby Grows into Aquaculture Business
The tropical reef tank in Fairfield resident Penny Harkins’s living room is mesmerizing. You see it; you want one. Gazing at it is the next best thing to snorkeling off the coast of Florida or Hawaii. Tropical fish with iridescent stripes and glowing yellows, blues and orange glide by and disappear into pathways between the
Growing Coral: Building a Reef Indoors Takes Lots of Electricity
One thing is certain: the electric meter is chugging away, says Craig Zievis, a University of Maine student who is experimenting with ways to accelerate the growth of aquacultured corals used in tropical reef tanks. With funding from UMO and the Maine Technology Institute, Zievis hopes his two-year master’s thesis project will provide information that
Winter Books: Some Serious Readers Share Their Favorites
There is nothing like a good read to sweeten the dark days of winter, and to those who live beside, work on, play on, and are fascinated by the sea, there is especially nothing like a good read with a maritime setting. Several people who have appeared in Working Waterfront stories have shared their favorite
Popham Ship Replica to be Built at Bath
After a three-year search for the best site to build a replica of the VIRGINIA, a pinnace constructed by The Popham Colony in 1607, (WW …) board members of Maine’s First Ship have forged an agreement with Maine Maritime Museum to build the vessel at the museum on Washington Street in Bath. The decision is
Biodiesel: Coming Soon to a Vessel Near You?
A recent study of the feasibility of producing biodiesel in Maine poses a question for coastal communities: Will the marine industry and recreational boaters become willing to switch to biodiesel and use less petroleum-based fuel? The study, conducted by a group of Maine businesses and organizations that want to promote the use of biodiesel fuel,