Kennebec Journal: The widow of a Maine lobsterman is suing another lobsterman for a 2010 boat collision that killed her husband. Frank Jordan, of Winter Harbor, died after his boat was struck by a lobster boat operated by 38-year-old...

Portland Press Herald: The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard has received $15.8 million in funding for energy conservation and repair work. This is the 3rd round of funding—a total of $91.8 million—that’s been announced for the shipyard this month. The Portsmouth...

The work of Maine photographer—and BoatingLocal contributor—par excellence Joe Devenney is featured in a recent photo essay on the Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors website. The essay is part of a series called “The Maine I Love”, designed to...

Maine Public Broadcasting: Prices for elvers have gone up and down over the years, but they’ve never been as high as they are now. That’s thanks to the demand in Asia, where the juvenile eels are raised for the...

Portland Press Herald: Anglers were out Sunday as the 2012 fishing season got under way under sunny skies in New Hampshire and Maine, but questions lingered about the impact of the unusually warm winter on the fishery....

27East.com: The Shamrock, a fishing vessel out of Boston, Massachusetts, that was taking on water on Saturday while fishing offshore about 65 miles southeast of Montauk, arrived safely in New Bedford, Massachusetts, just after 1:00 p.m. on...

Bangor Daily News: It may have to go up quite a ways more before it compares to gold or saffron, but the price of elvers sure has come a long way in the past 2 years....

Boston.com reports that commercial lobstermen off Maine’s Mid-Coast region are trying to collect lost lobster traps, buoys and other lost gear. The traps, many lost in storms or due to entanglement, are often referred to as “ghost traps”, as...

Portland Press Herald: It was both happy sails and happy sales at The Maine Boatbuilders Show this weekend (March 16-18). Exhibitors reported a definite uptick in business at the show after several years of slow sales during the economic...

The Hartford Courant has run an article on the seaweed-growing work of Charles Yarish and Paul Dobbins, founders of Ocean Approved, which currently grows and harvests kelp off the coast of Maine for sale to restaurants and specialty food...