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Shucks wins two international seafood awards
“The judges told us there was no doubt in their minds,” said Shucks Maine Lobster President John Hathaway. “They were unanimous in their decision that our raw fresh shucked Maine lobster meat was the Best New Product.” Hathaway had traveled to Brussels on April 24th with Elafood, the Shucks’ European distributor, for the world’s largest
Giant blue lobsters invade Winter Harbor
Remember the old television show, “Mr. Lucky?” Well, you can start calling Winter Harbor fisherman, co-op president and harbormaster Dale Torrey by that name. On June 14, he pulled up one of his small traps off Turtle Island. Wedged in the back part lay a female blue lobster weighing 11 pounds. “I had to cut
Some of Beal’s Island’s legendary boats are smaller than others
If you live anywhere near Beal’s Island or even if you don’t, but make radio-operated model boats, mark your 2008 calendar for the Saturday before July 4th. Whether you’re a model boat maker or racing observer of any age, it would be almost impossible not to have fun at these races. This third year of
A Man at Risk, a Waterfront’s Worth of Helpers
“We all work together,” said Deer Isle Memorial Ambulance Corps’s (MAC) Service Chief Wilda Eaton, of the way islanders join forces to help when someone is hurt. “Because we’re an island, we have definite boundaries like other people don’t,” added Susan Oliver, of Stonington,. “If you live in Blue Hill, you have all these surrounding
SBA Loans Available
“The U. S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is a little-known federal agency, the nation’s bank for business and homeowner disaster,” said SBA District Director Mary McAleney. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), she explained, is the national agency for roads, bridges, and temporary shelter. “It does the early mop-up of disasters and stabilizes communities,” she
“The Way It’s Supposed to Be”Machias banker earns fishermen’s confidence
“He’s like the typical old-fashioned banker: he’s willing to do business on a handshake,” said Michael Pugliese of David Eldridge, who, at only 39, is vice-president of commercial lending at Machias Savings Bank. Pugliese, a fish market owner from Stonington, Connecticut, who met Eldridge when he financed a lobster pound in Steuben, Maine, said he
Breaking the Silence – Child abuse shocks Downeast communities; parents form a support group
It happens. Child abuse happens whether we want to admit it or not. For centuries, children who told adults they had been touched, raped or molested were punished. They still are. No one wants to believe them. Surely Daddy, Uncle Tom, Grandpa or Father John from church wouldn’t do such a thing. The child must
Cod to Lobster, Market to Pound – A veteran fish dealer finds “magic” in lobsters
Three years ago Stonington, Connecticut fish market owner Michael Pugliese, then 49, bought a house on the water in Steuben, Maine, that came with a tidal lobster pound. At the time, he considered the property a summer place for his family. In the past three years, though, as he continued to see the waters of
Where are the lobsters?
“It’s very normal to have a slow start to the lobster season,” said Carl Wilson, Maine’s lobster biologist, in early April. “It won’t pick up till the water is 40 degrees.” What he meant was that lobster activity increases when ocean water reaches a temperature of 40 to 42 degrees Fahrenheit on the bottom and
Patriot’s Day Storm
Portland–Lobster dealer Peter McAleney, of New Meadows Lobster on Portland Pier, said, “It couldn’t be any worse: tremendous wind with 65 mph gusts.” He then recalled, “Maybe the worst storm was in `77, but we had lobster.” This storm, at a time of next-to-no landings due to colder-than-usual water, hurled thirty-foot waves over his wharf