Citing reduced margins and a need to put scarce resources to its most efficient use, the Maine Public Broadcasting Network announced last week it is pulling the plug on its annual MPBN Great TV Auction after 40 years. Usually broadcast over 10 days and nights...
A shrinking groundfishing fleet in the Northeast and increasing evidence of consolidation of the resource to large boats has prompted the New England Fishery Management Council to move forward on actions designed to protect fleet diversity and slow further...
A referendum veto of a law passed by the Legislature will top the four-question statewide ballot when Maine voters go to the polls on Tuesday, Nov. 8. Election Day registration goes to voters Question 1, known as the People’s Veto, asks citizens if they want to reject...
The import of non-Maine fish to use as lobster bait could be introducing non-native pathogens that pose a health risk both to Maine’s lobster and native finfish. That was the concern expressed by members of the Zone B Lobster Council at its most recent meeting, in...
On Thursday, Oct. 20, Dr. Mark Green will be the featured speaker in the Marine Environmental Research Institute’s Ocean Environment Lecture Series. He will speak on “Ocean Acidification: Survival of Marine Ecosystems and Seafood.” Green’s lecture begins at 7 p.m. and...
