Category: Business

Gov. Paul LePage

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Maine trade mission to Japan, China hailed as success

The notion of sustainable harvesting practices translates well into Chinese and Japanese, according to Deirdre Gilbert, policy director for the Maine Department of Marine Resources. Gilbert, who travelled to Tokyo and Shanghai on a trade mission with Gov. Paul LePage late last month, provided an overview of Maine’s lobster industry management and… SEE MORE
Ray Bowden enjoys the autumn sunshine on board the Bagheera.

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On board for autumn colors

Fall foliage and boats don't seem to go in hand in hand, but in Portland, the best way to see the season's colors is to cruise around Casco Bay's islands. SEE SLIDESHOW The Portland Schooner Company, based on the Maine State Pier, offers four daily two-hour sails throughout spring, summer… SEE MORE
Fish prices in Portland in January 2015.

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Obama should create marine national monument

By Peter Shelley A diverse group of marine-oriented businesses, hundreds of marine scientists, aquaria, faith-based organizations, conservation organizations and members of the public are calling on the Obama administration to designate the Cashes Ledge Closed Area in the Gulf of Maine and the New England Coral Canyons and Seamounts off… SEE MORE

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Calling all fishermen!

The Island Institute, publisher of The Working Waterfront, is working to help fishermen and other business people diversify into shellfish and seaweed aquaculture on Maine’s islands and remote coastal communities. Are you interested in growing shellfish? Have you thought about gaining a new source of income through growing mussels, oysters… SEE MORE
Houses clustered on the hillside in Stonington.

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A home away from home… for a week, anyway

The Blue Hill peninsula, Deer Isle and Stonington don’t draw the millions who visit the region’s neighbor to the east, Mount Desert Island, each year. And that might be exactly why this quieter region is seeing a growing market for vacation rentals. “We have a working waterfront, which is the… SEE MORE
Phyllis Sommer poses at her Searsport shop

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Antique business evolving in Maine, elsewhere

Maybe you’ve noticed something missing in Maine’s coastal communities: the Mom-and-Pop antiques shops that seemed to be everywhere a decade or two ago. You’re not imagining things, but the disappearance of these shops doesn’t necessarily portend bad news for the antiques market that draws tourists and dollars into coastal communities.… SEE MORE
A waterfront house for sale in Stonington is not likely to be in the affordable range.

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Generational clash part of Maine’s housing challenge

Aging baby boomers and millennials in their late 20s and early 30s have one thing in common: they're both looking to buy the same sort of houses. That was one takeaway from MaineHousing's annual conference on affordable housing in Bangor on Oct. 13. Boomers—born between 1946 and 1964—are looking to… SEE MORE