LUBEC, Maine—The site of a former sardine plant in eastern Maine is being preserved on a permanent basis for commercial fishing uses.
According to Maine Public Broadcasting Network, the owner of a 1.5-acre parcel with a deepwater wharf in Lubec has received a grant from the state's Working Waterfront Access Pilot Program in exchange for limiting the property to its current uses.
State officials say the wharf is used by 38 lobster and scallop boats and nearly 120 skiff fishermen who unload clams, urchins and periwinkles.
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