The Hale Group says in a new report that Maine’s oyster, scallop and mussel growers could more than quadruple their products’ value by 2030.
Penelope Overton
Staff Writer
Penny Overton is excited to be the Portland Press Herald’s first climate reporter. Since joining the paper in 2016, she has written about Maine’s lobster and cannabis industries, covered state politics and spent a fellowship year exploring the impact of climate change on the lobster fishery with the Boston Globe’s Spotlight team. Before moving to Maine, she has covered politics, environment, casino gambling and tribal issues in Florida, Connecticut, and Arizona. Her favorite assignments allow her to introduce readers to unusual people, cultures, or subjects. When off the clock, Penny is usually getting lost in a new book at a local coffeehouse, watching foreign crime shows or planning her family’s next adventure.
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Bait crisis is over, but Maine lobstermen are still feeling the pinch
Offshore herring catches finally started to surge, but lobstermen dealt with high bait prices all summer.
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Japan gives visiting Mainers the scoop on scalloping
A delegation studies mechanized methods to see if they can be used in aquaculture back home using equipment funded by a grant.
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European Union decides it won’t ban imports of American lobster
Industry officials celebrate the apparent victory, saying it saved a $200 million annual export business that is critical to Maine.
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Scientific treaty emerges from Arctic Council
After a week of meetings in Portland, Arctic officials have put the final touches on an agreement to collaborate on research.
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USM launches program to help exporters cut red tape
The Maine Regulatory Training and Ethics Center will offer training in compliance and services for Maine businesses.
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Maine artists trade works for free passage across the Atlantic
Eager to forge bonds, Eimskip will showcase artwork it’s collected in a swap for transit.
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Proximity to Arctic wasn’t on Eimskip’s list of reasons for coming to Portland
The Icelandic company chose Portland as its American port of call because it saw the opportunities to expand trade in the North Atlantic.
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Travel consultant Steve Hewins named leader of two hospitality groups
The industry veteran who built his travel agency into the state’s largest will guide the 1,200-member restaurant and innkeeper associations.
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Maine’s lobster exports going full steam, with Asian market growing
Sales through June are more than double the year before as demand surges in Asian countries and sellers cultivate new overseas business.