Lobster prices too low for harvesters' taste
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Maine's lobstermen are working harder for less, as demand drops for their expanding harvest.
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The FishingLine: Fishermen rally in DC
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On Wednesday, Feb. 24, fisher men, women and children, held a rally in
Washington, D.C. to demonstrate against the negative effects of the Magnuson-Stevens Act and show their dismay about fisheries management
in general. One local captain details the experience in words and pictures.
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BLOG: Random acts of kindness along the road to D.C.
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What a trip it was to Washington, D.C., with the bus of fishermen.
It was 18 hours up and 17 hours back — all for a three-hour United We Fish march on the Capitol.
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Port of New Bedford shipping business quietly taking off
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It was just a few years ago that not a single freighter tied up to a
New Bedford pier. Today, by comparison, it is almost a traffic jam.
About 28 freighters, most of them offloading produce from northern
Africa, are scheduled to dock in the harbor this year, and the future
is looking bright.
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Snowe Seeks New Seafood Processing Partner to Prevent Prospect Harbor Plant from Closing Its Doors
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U.S. Senator Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine), Ranking Member of the Senate Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries and Coast Guard, and Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship today announced she will join with Governor John Baldacci and work to find an employer within the seafood processing industry to take over the Stinson Sardine Cannery in Prospect Harbor, or partner with Bumble Bee to keep the facility up and running with its current number of employees.
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