A male sperm whale has been towed to an offshore dock near the College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor.
Market prices for lobster are low and one town in Maine is trying to increase the demand by selling the catch to cruise ships, all in hopes it will bring more money into fishermens wallets.
Maine officials have convinced Holland America cruise line to purchase locally caught lobsters for its cruise ships when they visit Bar Harbor several times this season.
Santa Cruz’s Nell Newman, daughter of celebrated actors Joanne Woodward and the late Paul Newman, grew up in rural Connecticut where her family had an apple orchard and chickens.
There’s much to love about Maine. Lighthouses, rocky beaches, blueberry pie. And have you heard about the lobster surplus ? That alone is reason to go.