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Melting ice, swelling birdsong, and red maple flowers
The State of Aquaculture
As demand for seafood grows and wild stocks decline, sustainable aquaculture is starting to look like the future, both along the Maine coast and inland where fish are being raised in indoor pens.
Growing Fish, On Land, In Tanks: It's State of the Art
If aquaculture has trends, then recirculating systems are the latest, hottest trend; they are popping up in many parts of Maine.
Boats, lobsters, and a message
A young boatbuilder, new construction projects, and an anniversary
EEL of Fortune
Salmon farming may be just the tip of Maine’s move into aquaculture. The latest trend: growing elvers into big fat eels.
The Secret Life of EELS
The American eel is a metaphor for the elusive and the slippery, mostly because of its unusual life cycle. Unlike many migratory fish, eels spawn at sea, not in rivers.
Ferry woes, a heroic boat rescue, and whale sightings
News from along the coast: Maine-Canada ferry held hostage; lighthouse horns shifting to remote control; whale sightings and more.
