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MAINE: City approves new shipyard building location |
| Belfast - May 10, 2011 - The Belfast City Council gave unanimous approval Monday, May 9, to a proposal from Front Street Shipyard to construct a 22,000-square-foot, 55-foot-tall building on a piece of city-owned land adjacent to the developer's Front Street property, formerly the Stinson Seafood Company sardine canning business. Building 5, as it is known, would be used to service boats up to 160 feet in length, incorporating a pair of 40-foot-high doors, through which a massive mobile travel lift used to hoist boats out of the water nearby, could pass. Shipyard representatives have said the building is necessary to perform the sort of large-scale work that would distinguish the new business as a world-class facility. | |||
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Fisherman seeking bait finds great white |
| The great white sharks have returned to area waters early this year, with an 18- to 20-foot shark spotted off Aquinnah on Friday morning. | |||
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US agency halves offshore Massachusetts wind leasing area |
| In a setback to the offshore wind industry, the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement eliminated more than half of the area offshore Massachusetts that will be open to wind energy leasing, the bureau announced Monday. | |||
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NEW JERSEY: Fishing boat captain takes on new role as Barnegat Bay Guardian |
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"Big Al" Wutkowski earned a reputation as one of the Jersey Shore's best striped-bass charter captains during his 30-plus years on the water. Now, Wutkowski wants to land something much bigger — the involvement of Barnegat Bay's immense boating and fishing population in efforts to restore the bay's ecology. |
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Wind power lease area generates interest |
| The chance to build wind turbines south of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket has sparked a wave of interest from almost a dozen developers, including a community-organized cooperative on the Vineyard. | |||
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HASTINGS: Time to improve the Endangered Species Act
May 18, 2012 - When the Endangered Species Act (ESA) was signed into law in 1973 by President Nixon, he spoke about the importance of preserving “the rich array of animal life with which our country has been blessed.” I believe that goal is as important today as it was back then. However, after nearly 40 years, it’s time to take a fresh, honest look at the law and consider whether there are ways it could be improved to do a better job of protecting and recovering species.
