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Waters off New England had 2nd warmest year on record in '22
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The waters off New England, which are home to rare whales and most of the...
More freight ships to call on Maine's only container port
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNov. 15—Maine's only freight seaport soon will be getting busier with the Icelandic shipping company Eimskip adding a fourth vessel to its rotation of container ships that dock in Portland.
Maine Boatbuilders Show canceled because of 'struggling economy'
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJun. 18—The annual Maine Boatbuilders Show, scheduled for July 15-17 at Portland Yacht Services, has been canceled. Joanna Sprague, director of the show and co-owner of Portland Yacht Services ...
Young lobsters show decline off New England, and fishermen will see new rules as a result
Associated Press via AOL· 6 months agoThe population of young lobsters has declined nearly 40% in some of the most critical fishing waters...
Wriggling gold: Fishermen who catch baby eels for $2,000 a pound hope for many years of fishing
Associated Press Finance via Yahoo Finance· 2 months agoThe tiny fish, which weigh only a few grams, are harvested by fishermen using nets in rivers and...
Maine lawmakers consider bill to keep funding lobster legal defense
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMar. 23—Maine's lobster industry is asking the state to continue bankrolling its legal defense fund by diverting a cut of its licensing fees intended to market the state's signature crustacean ...
Fishing regulators say no to catching more of this most valuable species
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 3 months agoFishermen who harvest one of the most valuable marine species in the U.S. hoped for permission to...
Lawmakers consider slip fee on foreign registered megayachts
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 1 year agoApr. 25—A Portland lawmaker wants to charge the growing number of gas-guzzling, tax-evading megayachts docking in Maine during the summer a premium slip fee, some of which would be used to help ...
Winter heating forecast: A perfect storm of high prices, tight supply, global chaos
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOct. 30—SOUTH PORTLAND — After sailing across the Gulf of Maine from the Irving Oil refinery at Saint John, New Brunswick, the 600-foot-long oil tanker New England was docked last Sunday at ...
The costs of offshore wind power for Maine electricity customers? Too soon to say
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo Finance· 9 months agoJul. 30—Maine passed legislation this month to advance the state's nascent offshore wind industry, but largely absent were details that would interest anyone who pays an electric bill: What ...
