City Manager Jon Jennings will convene a task force to address issues such as access, zoning, transportation, berthing, ordinance enforcement and investment in the city’s piers.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Building boom, petition drive may make Portland call 6-month timeout on waterfront development
City officials hope to head off a citizen initiative that aims to block new projects while a task force works on addressing the concerns of marine businesses.
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Why some Maine coastal communities are up in arms about aquaculture
In some towns, neighbors are resistant to what marine experts consider a salve for dwindling natural resources.
Posted inAnimals, Business, Local & State
Whale entanglements exceeded average in 2017, report says
But right whales had fewer entanglements in the Northeast, according to a federal study.
Posted inBusiness, News
Electronic fishery monitoring gets big boost in Gulf of Maine
A pair of private foundations and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will fund data collection efforts across the country, including a project to monior the Gulf of Maine’s groundfishery.
Posted inLocal & State
Sea vessels asked to avoid large group of right whales off Massachusetts
The government is asking mariners to stay away or limit their speed through the area to protect the mammals.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Commercial fishing vessel in distress gets help off midcoast
The Coast Guard and Maine Marine Patrol escort the boat to Tenants Harbor after it started taking on water.
Posted inLocal & State, New England, News
Changing climate to put further pressure on New England, federal report predicts
It says ‘iconic fisheries’ in the Northeast, including lobster, face a bleaker future because of rising acidity levels in the ocean.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Maine scallop fishery, a conservation success story, to start for the winter
The harvest hit a 20-year-high last year after bottoming out in the mid-2000s.
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Regulators close Maine’s shrimp fishery for next 3 years
Maine fishermen used to catch millions of pounds of shrimp every winter, but the fishery is decimated by warming ocean temperatures.