The Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment presented awards to outstanding visionaries, employees, volunteers and others at the annual meeting in Fredericton, New Brunswick.The council presented 12 people with Visionary Awards at the June 6 meeting. Awards were given to individuals or organizations within each of the five Gulf of Maine jurisdictions...
The Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment (GOMC) and the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service announced in August that seven new projects in the Gulf of Maine will receive support from the GOMC-NOAA Community-Based Habitat Restoration Partnership. Projects in Maine, Massachusetts and New Hampshire will receive technical...
By Anne Hayden Conflicts over the appropriate use of the resources and habitats of the Gulf of Maine are nothing new, no doubt dating back nearly as far as the first human settlement along its shores. Historically, most such conflicts have been resolved in an ad hoc fashion, from the defense of local...
Low prices to harvesters for lobster catches on both sides of the border have resulted in some controversy between industry participants. On August 9, A New Brunswick court granted a 10-day injunction to limit Canadian lobstermen from blocking Maine trucks trying to bring lobsters to processing plants. Five New Brunswick processors sought the injunction...
The wreck of the Lamartine, a 19th century schooner that hauled granite along the East Coast, has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places because it’s a link to those who moved the stone to meet the demands of increasing urbanization. The 79-foot long, two-masted schooner was built by a Camden, Maine,...
Ron Armonath, Assistant District Staff Officer for Marine Safety-Marine Environment Programs for the Coast Guard Auxiliary in Massachusetts, has been named National Marine Sanctuaries Volunteer of the Year by the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation. He received the award at the foundation’s annual awards dinner at Capitol Hill Oceans Week in Washington, DC on June...
