Where are the herring?

Landings of herring from inshore waters known as Area 1A are dramatically less than in years past, causing scientists, seine fishermen and lobstermen to shake their heads in confusion.

A tour behind the shipyard gates

You seldom see anything made on such a large and systemized scale, with so much specialization and coordination, as the ship-building operation at Bath Iron Works. And you can't help but marvel at how these imposing ships get from plans to production to the open ocean, just a few miles down the deep Kennebec.

Not just another pot pie

Local seasonal seafood, a community in search of a way to add value to traditional fishing, and few good ideas from an educational and socially oriented non-profit are the basic ingredients of Cobscook Bay Company's Maine Fresh seafood pies.

Changing Times

Portland’s pier owners, fishermen and public officials struggle with waterfront zoning

Like most changes on Portland's historic waterfront, this change won't happen without a fight--or at least protracted negotiations and a certain amount of politics. The change, if it happens, would be a liberalization of the working-waterfront zoning that has controlled the ways the piers along Commercial Street are used.