MIT Sea Grant decided to expand the manual to coastal communities in Maine.

The overall value of rockweed, after it's been processed into retail products, is around $20 million per year…

“The last several surveys have been very disappointing, with below average recruitment.”

—Maggie Hunter of DMR

To meet a state mandate to raise half its operating funds from customers, the Maine State Ferry Service has proposed raising rates during the busy summer months and lowering them in the off season.

It’s hard to get a fix on just what Jim Harkins has going in his Portland warehouse. Is it a nautical-themed flea market? A maritime museum? A high-end nautical antique store? A kind of Goodwill store for boat owners?

In Washington County, where 90 percent of Maine's periwinkle harvest takes place, they're called “wrinklers.”

In late February, Chellie Pingree (D-North Haven), Maine’s 1st District representative, reintroduced legislation with Republican Rob Wittman of Virginia to protect the kind of waterfront access and infrastructure that many businesses—and thousands of jobs—depend on in Maine.

The past four years have been rife with good news for the Maine lobster industry, as we’ve seen both the volume of the catch and prices paid to fishermen increase. In 2016, Maine lobstermen caught a record 130 million pounds for which they earned a record $533 million.

Maine shrimp from the research catches are available now and they are being snapped up by seafood wholesalers…