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Nov 26, 2019

Searsport/Bucksport Shipping News July 16, 2017 to January 4, 2019

An archive of a bimonthly column by Ethan Andrews for Village Soup News, from 2017 to early 2019.  (Andrews currently writes for   FreePressonline.com)   He chronicles the  arrivals of bulk cargo and  tanker ships  at Searsport and Bucksport Maine,  their liquid and solid cargoes and their origin. 
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January 1, 2019 back to July 16, 2017 

Shipping news, Dec. 19 - Jan. 1


Shipping news, Dec. 5 - 18



Shipping news, Sept 12 - 25

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Shipping news, Aug. 29 - Sept. 11


Shipping news, Aug. 1 - 14


Shipping news, July 11 - 31


Shipping news, June 27 - July 12

Jul 13, 2018 - News
June 30 Ocean Giant, a 545-foot general cargo ship, arrived in Searsport from Grand Anse, Quebec, and delivered steel components to Cianbro. This ... 

Shipping news, June 13 - 26

Jun 28, 2018 - News
June 14 Industrial Diamond, a 392-foot general cargo ship, arrived in Searsport from Sattahip, Thailand, and delivered steel components to ... 

Shipping news, May 30 - June 12

Jun 15, 2018 - News
May 31 Nordic London, a 607-foot bulk carrier, arrived in Searsport from Baltimore and picked up scrap metal from Grimmel Industries. It departed ...

Shipping news, May 16-29

Jun 01, 2018 - News
May 25 Denali, a Kirby Corp. tug and fuel barge, arrived in Searsport from New York and delivered ethanol. .. 

hipping news, Nov. 29 - Dec. 5

Dec 08, 2017 - News
Nov. 29 Siirt, a 656-foot bulk carrier, arrived at Mack point from Tocopilla, Chile, delivered road salt and departed Dec. 3 for Norfolk, Va. Nov. ...

 Shipping news Aug. 2 - 14 Shipping news, July 21 - Aug. 1

Mack Point shipping news, July 9-16

Jul 21, 2017 - News
July 9 Falcon Nostos, a 600-foot oil tanker, left Mack Point Cargo Terminal bound for New York City, making room



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2018

Shipping news, Dec. 19 - Jan. 1


Shipping news, Dec. 5 - 18



Shipping news, Sept 12 - 25

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Shipping news, Aug. 29 - Sept. 11


Shipping news, Aug. 1 - 14


Shipping news, July 11 - 31


Shipping news, June 27 - July 12

Jul 13, 2018 - News
June 30 Ocean Giant, a 545-foot general cargo ship, arrived in Searsport from Grand Anse, Quebec, and delivered steel components to Cianbro. This ... 

Shipping news, June 13 - 26

Jun 28, 2018 - News
June 14 Industrial Diamond, a 392-foot general cargo ship, arrived in Searsport from Sattahip, Thailand, and delivered steel components to ... 

Shipping news, May 30 - June 12

Jun 15, 2018 - News
May 31 Nordic London, a 607-foot bulk carrier, arrived in Searsport from Baltimore and picked up scrap metal from Grimmel Industries. It departed ...

Shipping news, May 16-29

Jun 01, 2018 - News
May 25 Denali, a Kirby Corp. tug and fuel barge, arrived in Searsport from New York and delivered ethanol. .. 



  • Shipping news, Dec. 6 - 23 2-017

  • Dec 28, 2017 - News
    Dec. 8 Great Eastern, a 600-foot Irving Oil tanker, arrived at Mack Point from Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, and delivered gasoline and ... 

    Shipping news, Dec. 6 - 23

    A log of commercial marine traffic at Searsport and Bucksport
    Dec 28, 2017
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    Photo by: Ethan AndrewsChemical Pioneer, a 662-foot chemical tanker ship, delivers caustic soda to Mack Point terminal in Searsport Dec. 20.
    Dec. 8
    Great Eastern, a 600-foot Irving Oil tanker, arrived at Mack Point from Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, and delivered gasoline and diesel fuel. It departed Dec. 9 to return to Saint John.
    Dec. 10
    Denali, a Kirby Corp. tug with fuel barge, arrived from New York and delivered fuel, type unknown. It departed Dec. 11 for Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
    Dec. 19
    Genesis Glory, a Genesis Energy tug with fuel barge, arrived in Searsport from New York via Portland and delivered ethanol. It departed Dec. 20 for Saint John, New Brunswick.
    Dec. 20
    Chemical Pioneer, a 662-foot chemical tanker, arrived in Searsport from Jacksonville, Fla., and delivered caustic soda. It departed Dec. 21 for New York.
    Dec. 21
    New England, a 599-foot Irving Oil tanker, arrived in Bucksport from Boston and delivered fuel, type unknown. It departed Dec. 22 for Saint John, New Brunswick.
    Shipping news is compiled using automatic identification system (AIS) data from marinetraffic.com, local sources and direct observation at ports.


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Shipping news, Nov. 29 - Dec. 5

Dec 08, 2017 - News
Nov. 29 Siirt, a 656-fo

Shipping news, Nov. 29 - Dec. 5

A log of commercial marine traffic at Searsport and Bucksport
Dec 08, 2017
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Photo by: Ethan AndrewsRoad salt from Chile is unloaded from the bulk carrier Siirt, left, at Mack Point Dec. 1. Another bulk carrier, Tanja, at right, delivers clay slurry from the Amazon.
Nov. 29
Siirt, a 656-foot bulk carrier, arrived at Mack point from Tocopilla, Chile, delivered road salt and departed Dec. 3 for Norfolk, Va.
Nov. 30
Tanja, a 606-foot bulk carrier, arrived at Mack Point from Vila do Conde, Brazil, and delivered clay slurry, an additive used in paper manufacturing. It departed Dec. 2 for Portland before returning to Vila do Conde.
Dec. 3
Genesis Glory, a Genesis Energy tug with fuel barge, arrived at Mack Point from New York and delivered ethanol. It departed the next morning for Portland.
Shipping news is compiled by Republican Journal reporter Ethan Andrews using automatic identification system (AIS) data from marinetraffic.com and direct observation at local ports.


Road salt pours out of a bulk cargo grab, left, into a dump truck (not visible) as the cargo ship Siirt delivers to Mack Point Dec. 1. Another ship, Tanja, foreground with yellow pilothouse, delivers clay slurry. (Photo by: Ethan Andrews)

Bulk carriers Siirt, foreground, and Tanja make deliveries to Mack Point in Searsport Dec. 1. (Photo by: Ethan Andrews)
New York-based tug Genesis Glory tows a fuel barge in Penobscot Bay Dec. 4 after delivering ethanol to Mack Point Terminal in Searsport. (Photo by: Ethan Andrews)ot bulk carrier, arrived at Mack point from Tocopilla, Chile, delivered road salt and departed Dec. 3 for Norfolk, Va. Nov. ...

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  • hipping news Nov. 15 - 28

    Nov 27, 2017 - News
    Nov. 17 Kimberly Turecamo, a Moran Towing Corp. tug with a fuel barge, arrived at Searsport from New York and delivered No. 6 fuel oil. It ... 

    Shipping news Nov. 15 - 28

    Commercial marine traffic at Searsport and Bucksport
    Nov 27, 2017
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    Photo by: Ethan AndrewsTugboat Tasman Sea delivers kerosene and diesel fuel to Bucksport Nov. 22.
    Nov. 17
    Kimberly Turecamo, a Moran Towing Corp. tug with a fuel barge, arrived at Searsport from New York and delivered No. 6 fuel oil. It departed Nov. 18 for Boston, New Haven, Conn., and New York.
    Nov. 19
    Genesis Glory, a Genesis Energy tug with a fuel barge, arrived at Searsport from New York and delivered ethanol. It departed Nov. 20 for Portland and Boston.
    Nov. 22
    East Coast, a 600-foot Irving Oil tanker, arrived at Searsport from Saint John, New Brunswick, and delivered gasoline and No. 2 fuel oil. On Nov. 24, it delivered No. 2 fuel oil to Bucksport.
    Tasman Sea, a Kirby Corp. tug with a fuel barge, arrived at Bucksport from New York and delivered kerosene and diesel fuel. It departed Nov. 23 for New York.
    Nov. 24
    Chemical Pioneer, a 662-foot chemical tanker arrived at Searsport from New York and delivered caustic soda. It departed Nov. 25 for Lewes, Del.
    Expected arrivals:
    Nov. 30 - Tanja, bulk carrier, to Searsport from Vila do Conde, Brazil, delivering clay slurry.
    Dec. 4 - Siirt, bulk carrier, to Searsport from Tocopilla, Chile, delivering road salt.
    Shipping news is compiled by Republican Journal reporter Ethan Andrews using automatic identification system (AIS) data from marinetraffic.com and direct observation at local ports.

    Irving Oil tanker East Coast delivers gasoline and No. 2 fuel oil to Searsport Nov. 22. (Photo by: Ethan Andrews)


  • Shipping news Nov. 1 - 14

    Nov 15, 2017 - News
    Nov. 3 Tanja, 606-foot bulk carrier, arrived at Mack Point from Trois-Rivières, Quebec, delivered cargo u

    Shipping news Nov. 1 - 14

    Nov 15, 2017
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    Photo by: Ethan AndrewsIrving Oil tanker New England docks at Mack Point Cargo Terminal in Searsport Nov. 6.
    Nov. 3
    Tanja, 606-foot bulk carrier, arrived at Mack Point from Trois-Rivières, Quebec, delivered cargo unknown and departed Nov. 5 for Vila do Conde, Brazil. The ship was last in Searsport July 29. In the interim, it delivered a load from Vila do Conde to Vancouver, British Columbia, then returned to the Brazilian port for an another load to bring north to Quebec and Searsport.
    Nov. 5
    New England, a 599-foot Irving Oil tanker, arrived from Saint John, New Brunswick and made deliveries to Mack Point Nov. 5 and Bucksport Nov. 7. It departed Nov. 8, returning to Saint John.
    Nov. 7
    Genesis Liberty, a Genesis Energy tug, pushed a fuel barge to Mack Point from New York via Portland. It departed Nov. 8 for Boston.
    Shipping news is compiled by Republican Journal reporter Ethan Andrews using automatic identification system (AIS) data from marinetraffic.com and direct observation at local ports. 


  • Shipping News Oct. 11 - Oct. 31

  • Nov 02, 2017 - News
    Oct. 12 Silver Muna, a 600-foot oil/chemical tanker, arrived partially laden from New York and anchored in Searsport Harbor, then 

  • Shipping News Oct. 11 - Oct. 31

    Nov 02, 2017
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    Photo by: Ethan AndrewsAt Mack Point Cargo Terminal in Searsport Oct. 16, a dump truck delivers a load of scrap metal to the bulk cargo ship Wuchang, bound for Turkey the next day.
    Oct. 12
    Silver Muna, a 600-foot oil/chemical tanker, arrived partially laden from New York and anchored in Searsport Harbor, then docked at Mack Point the following day. It departed, in ballast (empty of cargo), Oct. 17 for Sines, Portugal.
    Weddell Sea, a Kirby Corp. tug, arrived at Mack Point from Portsmouth, N.H., with a fuel barge, type of fuel unknown. It departed Oct. 13 for New York.
    Oct. 13
    Denali, a tug owned and operated by Kirby Corp., arrived in Bucksport with a fuel barge, type of fuel unknown. It departed Oct. 14 for New York.
    Oct.14
    Wuchang, a 590-foot bulk carrier arrived at Searsport anchorage from New York and docked at Mack Point the next day. The ship picked up scrap metal from Grimmel Industries and departed Oct. 17 for Iskenderun, Turkey.
    Oct. 22
    Great Eastern, a 600-foot Irving Oil tanker, arrived at Mack point from Paulsboro, N.J. It departed Oct. 23 for Saint John, N.B.
    Oct. 26
    Genesis Liberty, a tug owned and operated by Genesis Energy, arrived at Mack Point from New York. Type of fuel unknown. It departed Oct. 27 for Portland, Maine.
    Oct. 28
    Iver Prosperity, a 604-foot oil tanker that makes regular deliveries to ports in the Northeastern U.S. from the Irving Oil refinery in Saint John, N.B., arrived at Mack Point. It departed the next day for Boston.
    Shipping news is compiled by Republican Journal reporter Ethan Andrews using automatic identification system (AIS) data from marinetraffic.com and direct observation at local ports.

    The raised pilothouse of tugboat Genesis Liberty is visible above its fuel barge as the vessels sit at anchor near Northport Oct. 27. (Photo by: Ethan Andrews)

    Oil/chemical tanker Silver Muna, right, ties up at the liquid cargo pier at Mack Point, while the bulk cargo ship Wuchang sits at anchor in the distance. (Photo by: Ethan Andrews)


  • Shipping news, Oct. 3 - Oct. 10

    Oct 11, 2017 - News

  • Shipping news, Oct. 3 - Oct. 10

    Oct 11, 2017
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    Photo by: Ethan AndrewsOil tanker Iver Prosperity, pictured here in Bucksport Aug. 1, returned to the Midcoast Oct. 7-8, making deliveries to Searsport and Bucksport.
    Oct. 7
    Iver Prosperity, a 604-foot oil tanker that makes regular deliveries to ports in the Northeastern U.S. from the Irving Oil refinery in Saint John, N.B., stopped at Mack Point and Bucksport. The tanker departed for Saint John Oct. 8.
    Oct 10
    Tugboat Genesis Liberty arrived in Searsport from New York pushing a fuel barge, type of fuel unknown. The New York-based tug, operated by Genesis Energy, makes regular deliveries to Mack Point.
    The Republican Journal learned this week that Chemical Pioneer, a chemical tanker that has been to Searsport three times since July, is delivering caustic soda, a material used in paper manufacturing. The owner of the tanker, U.S. Shipping Corp., declined to say how much of the liquid was delivered and to whom, citing provisions of the shipping contract.
    Shipping news is compiled by Republican Journal reporter Ethan Andrews using automatic identification system (AIS) data from marinetraffic.com and direct observation at local ports.
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  • Shipping news, Sept. 26 - Oct. 2

  • Oct 04, 2017
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    Photo by: Ethan AndrewsChemical Pioneer, a 662-foot chemical tanker, pictured Aug. 20 as it passed between Islesboro and Northport, headed out of Penobscot Bay to ports along the Eastern Seaboard and Gulf Coast.
    Oct. 1
    Chemical Pioneer, a 662-foot chemical tanker, arrived at Mack Point from Wilmington, N.C. and delivered caustic soda. It departed Oct. 3, destination unknown. The tanker was last in Searsport Aug. 20, and has since traveled to Carteret, N.J.; Lewes, Del.; Philadelphia; Charleston, S.C.; Freeport and Texas City (Galveston/Houston), Texas; and Lake Charles, La.
    Shipping news is compiled by Republican Journal reporter Ethan Andrews using automatic identification system (AIS) data from marinetraffic.com and direct observation at local ports
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  • Shipping news, Sept. 19 - 26

    Sep 28, 2017
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    Sept. 19
    Tugboat Genesis Liberty arrived at Mack Point from New York with a fuel barge. Type of fuel unknown. The tug and barge moved to the anchorage in Searsport Harbor until Sept. 22 when both departed for Boston.
    Sept. 24
    East Coast, a 600-foot Irving oil tanker, arrived in the early morning at Mack Point from Saint John, New Brunswick, location of Irving Oil's Saint John refinery. It departed that night for Montreal.
    Shipping news is compiled by Republican Journal reporter Ethan Andrews using automatic identification system (AIS) data from marinetraffic.com and direct observation at local ports.

  • Mack Point and Bucksport

    Shipping news, Sept. 13 - Sept. 19

    Sep 21, 2017
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    Photo by: Ethan AndrewsBelfast-based tugboat Captain Arthur Fournier guides Irving Oil tanker Noreaster past Sears Island Sept. 16, to Mack Point Cargo Terminal.
    Sept. 14
    Iver Prosperity, a 604-foot oil tanker that makes regular deliveries from the Irving Oil refinery in Saint John, New Brunswick, to ports in the Northeastern United States, anchored for several hours near Searsport then continued to Bucksport. It departed Sept. 15 for Boston.
    Sept. 16
    Noreaster, a 604-foot Irving Oil tanker, arrived in Searsport from Saint John, N.B. It departed early morning Sept. 18 returning to Saint John.
    Sept. 18
    Palanca Luanda, a 437-foot asphalt/bitumen tanker, arrived at Mack Point from Baltimore and departed later that day for Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The ship last visited Searsport in July.
    Shipping news is compiled by Republican Journal reporter Ethan Andrews using automatic identification system (AIS) data from marinetraffic.com and direct observation at local ports.

    Irving Oil tanker Noreaster navigates into Mack Point Sept. 16 with help from a pair of Fournier tugboats. (Photo by: Ethan Andrews)

    Oil tanker Iver Prosperity anchors near Searsport Sept. 14 before continuing up the Penobscot River to Bucksport. (Photo by: Ethan Andrews)

    Asphalt/bitumen tanker Palanca Luanda at Mack Point Sept. 19. (Photo by: Ethan Andrews)

  • Shipping News Aug. 30 - Sept. 14

    Sep 15, 2017
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    Photo by: Ethan AndrewsBrooke Chapman, a tugboat traveling from New York with a fuel barge, arrives in Searsport Sept. 6.
    Searsport's Mack Point Cargo Terminal and Bucksport were quiet for a full week, with no ship traffic from Aug. 29 through Sept. 5.
    Sept. 6
    Brooke Chapman, a tug owned and operated by Kirby Corp., arrived at Mack Point from New York with a fuel barge. Type of fuel unknown. It departed Sept. 8, returning to New York.
    Sept. 10
    Genesis Liberty, a tug owned and operated by Genesis Energy, arrived at Mack Point from New York, via Boston. Type of fuel unknown. It departed the next morning for New York.
    Sept. 14
    Iver Prosperity, an oil tanker coming from Saint John, NB, anchored near Mack Point, en route to Bucksport.
    Shipping news is compiled by Republican Journal reporter Ethan Andrews using automatic identification system (AIS) data from marinetraffic.com and direct observation at local ports.

    Oil tanker Iver Prosperity drops anchor near Mack Point in Searsport Sept. 14. The ship arrived from Saint John, NB, and was bound for Bucksport. (Photo by: Ethan Andrews)

  • Shipping news, Aug. 22 - 30

    Aug 30, 2017 - News
    Aug. 25 Genesis Liberty, a tug owned and operated by Genesis Energy, arrived with a fuel barge at Searsport, coming from New York, via Portland. ... 

Shipping news, Aug. 22 - 30

Aug 30, 2017
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Photo by: Ethan AndrewsIrving Oil tanker Great Eastern passes under the Penobscot Narrows Bridge Aug. 29 on its way from Searsport to Bucksport.
Aug. 25
Genesis Liberty, a tug owned and operated by Genesis Energy, arrived with a fuel barge at Searsport, coming from New York, via Portland. Type of fuel unknown.
Aug. 28
Great Eastern, a 600-foot Irving Oil tanker, arrived in Searsport from Saint John, New Brunswick. The next day, it traveled up the Penobscot River to Bucksport and departed Aug. 30 for Portland.
It was a quiet week for commercial shipping traffic in the Midcoast. So we checked in on a few ships that visited Mack Point since we launched this column in July.
Falcon Nostos, an oil tanker that delivered to Searsport July 9, traveled far north to Baker Lake in Nunavut Province of Canada. On the return trip south, it made a brief stop in St. John's, Newfoundland, then continued directly to the Gulf of Mexico. On Aug. 30, it was in ballast (empty), headed for Corpus Christi, Texas.
Tanja, a bulk carrier of unknown cargo at Mack Point July 29, stopped in South Portland and Grand Anse, New Brunswick, before heading south to Vila do Conde, Brazil. On  Aug. 30, it was laden (carrying cargo), anchored at the east end of the Panama Canal.
Clipper Tarpon, a cargo ship that delivered wind turbine components for Canton Mountain Wind in Western Maine July 16, crossed the Atlantic, and after a long layover in the Canary Islands, traveled to Koper, Slovenia, then through the Suez Canal to the Indian Ocean, where it made an overnight stop at the port of Colombo, Sri Lanka. On Aug. 30, it continued in ballast (empty), headed for Adelaide, Australia.
Shipping news is compiled by Republican Journal reporter Ethan Andrews using automatic identification system (AIS) data from marinetraffic.com and direct observation at local ports.


Where do the ships go after visiting Searsport? JS Yangtse delivered salt here in July, then traveled to Norfolk, Va. before heading across the Atlantic. On Aug. 29, it was in the Mediterranean Sea, headed for Savona, Italy. (Photo by: Ethan Andrews)

  • Shipping news, Aug. 15 - 22

    Aug 24, 2017 - News

    Shipping news, Aug. 15 - 22

    Aug 24, 2017
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    Photo by: Ethan AndrewsIrving Oil tanker Great Eastern at Mack Point cargo terminal in Searsport Aug. 19.
    Aug. 16
    Torenia, a 620-foot bulk carrier, departed Mack Point for Norfolk, Va., after delivering road salt.
    Aug. 18
    Great Eastern, a 600-foot Irving Oil tanker, arrived at Mack Point from Saint John, New Brunswick, and departed early Aug. 20 for Boston.
    Aug. 19
    Denali, a Kirby Corp. tugboat, arrived in Bucksport from Delaware City, Del., pushing a fuel barge. It departed late Aug. 20 for New York.
    Aug. 20
    Chemical Pioneer, a 660-foot chemical tanker, returned to Mack Point via Jacksonville, Fla. The tanker last visited Searsport July 23, then traveled south to New York, New Jersey, Port Charles, La., Houston, and finally hit Jacksonville on the way back to Maine. It departed Mack Point Aug. 21 for New York.
    Shipping news is compiled by Republican Journal reporter Ethan Andrews using automatic identification system (AIS) data from marinetraffic.com and direct observation at local ports.

    Tugboat Denali enters Bucksport Harbor, pushing a fuel barge Aug. 19. (Photo by: Ethan Andrews)

    Chemical Pioneer, a 660-foot chemical tanker passes Temple Heights in Northport Aug. 21, leaving Penobscot Bay after an overnight stop in Searsport. (Photo by: Ethan Andrews)

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 Shipping news Aug. 2 - 14

Shipping news Aug. 2 - 14

Aug 14, 2017
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Photo by: Ethan AndrewsGenesis Liberty, a tugboat operated by Genesis Energy, passes near Saturday Cove in Northport Aug. 14, towing a fuel barge, not pictured.
Aug. 5
Iver Prosperity, a 600-foot oil tanker, returned to Bucksport after a quick round-trip to Saint John, New Brunswick, where Irving Oil has its refinery. It departed Aug. 8.
Aug. 6
Genesis Liberty, a tug owned and operated by Genesis Energy, pushed a 390-foot fuel barge into Mack Point from Boston, via Portland. Type of fuel unknown. Genesis Energy did not respond to a request for more information. The tug and barge departed that evening for New York.
Aug. 12
Torenia, a 620-foot bulk carrier, arrived at Mack Point from Fukuyama, Japan, and delivered road salt. The ship remained in Searsport through Aug. 14.
Aug. 14
Genesis Liberty returned to Mack Point from Portland, towing the same fuel barge it brought to Searsport Aug. 6. Tug and barge departed later that day for Boston.
Shipping news is compiled by Republican Journal reporter Ethan Andrews using automatic identification system (AIS) data from marinetraffic.com and direct observation at local ports.

Oil tanker Iver Prosperity, a frequent visitor to the Midcoast, at anchor in Searsport Aug. 6. (Photo by: Ethan Andrews)

Torenia, a 620-foot bulk carrier bearing road salt, stands at the cargo dock at Mack Point in Searsport Aug. 13. (Photo by: Ethan Andrews)

Tugboat Genesis Liberty, right, towing a fuel barge near Islesboro Aug. 14. (Photo by: Ethan Andrews)





 Shipping news, July 21 - Aug. 1




Shipping news, July 21 - Aug. 1

Aug 02, 2017
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Photo by: Ethan AndrewsIver Prosperity in Bucksport Aug. 1. The 600-foot tanker traveled to St. John, New Brunswick, and Portsmouth, N.H., since its last visit to the Midcoast July 21 when it was at Mack Point Cargo Terminal in Searsport.

July 21
Iver Prosperity, a 600-foot oil tanker, arrived in Searsport from Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, where Irving Oil has its headquarters and refinery.
Clipper Tarpon, a bulk carrier arrived from Providence, R.I., picked up scrap metal from Grimmel Industries, then traveled to Albany, N.Y.
July 23
Jia Sheng Shan, a 620-foot bulk carrier, arrived at Mack Point and delivered road salt to New England Salt Co. It departed July 27 for Portland and Baltimore.
JS Yangtse, a 655-foot dry bulk carrier, pulled up to the dock after four days at anchor in Searsport and added to the New England Salt Co. pile. It departed July 30 for Norfolk, Va.
Steve Clisham, owner of New England Salt Co., said the two ships brought just shy of 100,000 tons of salt, which he said should last the company until next summer.
New England Salt Co. leases pad space from Maine Materials Inc. in Searsport and has a second storage facility in Eastport.
July 24
Chemical Pioneer arrived at the dock at Mack Point. The 660-foot chemical tanker was constructed from the grafted halves of two ships. The stern notably belonged to Sea Witch, a Bath Iron Works-built container ship that was destroyed by fire in 1973 after crashing into an oil tanker in New York Harbor.
Palanca Luanda, a 435-foot asphalt bitumen tanker, arrived in Searsport and anchored in the harbor near JS Yangtse.
By July 25, there were four ships in Searsport, two at the dock and two at anchorage.
July 29
Tanja, a 600-foot bulk carrier arrived at Mack Point from Brazil, cargo unknown. It departed a day later for South Portland.
July 30
Maine Maritime Academy's training ship State of Maine arrived from Boston after two transatlantic voyages this summer with academy students. The 500-foot research vessel stopped briefly at Mack Point to pick up 134 people, including family members of MMA students and several legislators. They joined 219 cadets and 48 staff and crew members aboard for the school's traditional end-of-session "family cruise" from Searsport to Castine.
July 31
Iver Prosperity arrived in Bucksport from Portsmouth, N.H. The 600-foot oil tanker was last in the Midcoast July 21.
Shipping news is compiled by Republican Journal reporter Ethan Andrews using automatic identification system (AIS) data from marinetraffic.com and direct observation at local ports.

Dump trucks start a second mountain of salt at the New England Salt Co. storage site in Searsport. The company received almost 100,000 tons of salt at the end of July from two cargo ships. (Photo by: Ethan Andrews)

Maine Maritime Academy's training ship State of Maine enters Castine Harbor July 31 at the close of a 90-day summer session that included two Atlantic crossings with stops in Spain, Ireland, Nova Scotia and points along the U.S. Eastern Seaboard.(Courtesy of: Maine Maritime Academy)

Oil tanker Iver Prosperity in Bucksport Aug. 1. (Photo by: Ethan Andrews)

Bulk carrier Jia Sheng Shan, foreground, delivering road salt at Mack Point July 24. In the background are asphalt/bitumen tanker Palanca Luanda, left, and dry bulk carrier JS Yangtse. (Photo by: Ethan Andrews)

Scrap metal is loaded onto the bulk carrier ship Clipper Tarpon at Mack Point Cargo Terminal in Searsport July 21. (Photo by: Ethan Andrews)
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Mack Point shipping news, July 9-16

Jul 21, 2017 - News

Photo by: Ethan AndrewsThe cargo ship BBC Xingang unloads wind turbine components at Mack Point Cargo Terminal in Searsport July 17.
July 9
Falcon Nostos, a 600-foot oil tanker, left Mack Point Cargo Terminal bound for New York City, making room for Great Eastern, another 600-foot oil tanker that had been waiting at a mooring in the bay.
July 10
Great Eastern departed Mack Point in the late morning and made stops in Bucksport and Portland before returning to Saint John, New Brunswick, location of the Irving Oil's headquarters and refinery. An officer at Sprague Energy told The Republican Journal that Mack Point gets regular visits of from four tankers affiliated with Irving Oil, mostly for deliveries.
July 16
BBC Xingang, a 410-foot general cargo ship, arrived at Mack Point and was unloading wind turbine components for a wind farm in Canton, Maine. The cargo ship departed the next day for the Canary Islands.




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Nov 23, 2019

Whole Oceans LLC and the DEP RAS mercury explanation



Mercury in landbased aquaculture.

Here is section of t


" The Report lists all of Maine’s fresh waters as, “Category 4-A: Waters Impaired by Atmospheric Deposition of Mercury.” Impairment in this context refers to a statewide fish consumption advisory due to elevated levels of mercury in some fish tissues.

The Report states, “All freshwaters are listed in Category 4A (Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Completed) due to the USEPA approval of a Regional Mercury TMDL.

Maine has a fish consumption advisory for fish taken from all freshwaters due to mercury. Many waters and many fish from any given water do not exceed the action level for mercury.

However, because it is impossible for someone consuming a fish to know whether the mercury level exceeds the action level, the Maine Department of Health and Human Services decided to establish a statewide advisory for all freshwater fish that recommends limits on consumption. Maine has already instituted statewide programs for removal and reduction of mercury sources.”

Pursuant to 38 M.R.S. § 420(1-B)(B), “a facility is not in violation of the ambient criteria for mercury if the facility is in compliance with an interim discharge limit established by the Department pursuant to 38 M.R.S §  413 subsection 11.”  (scroll down to 11) 

However, pursuant to Interim Effluent Limitations and Controls for the Discharge of Mercury, 06-096 CMR 519, the Department has made a best professional judgment determination to exempt fish hatcheries from applicability of the mercury rule.

The Department has made a best professional judgment determination based on information gathered to date, that as permitted, the discharge will not cause or contribute the failure of the receiving water to meet the standards of its ascribed classification and the designated uses of the waterbody will continue to be maintained and protected.

If future modeling or ambient water quality monitoring determines the discharge is causing or contributing to the nonattainment, this permit will be re-opened per Special Condition N, Reopening of The License For Modifications, to impose more stringent limitations to meet water quality standards. 
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Nov 11, 2019

Rockland Harbor waterfront: Did an early 20th century easement ensure even more public access?

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Oct 12, 2019

Penbay report 10/10/19

Rockland ad hoc  10.10/19
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*  Pen Bay history   Fishing Families for Harpswell  speaks to Penobscot Bay  speakers at blog



* Science data gathering as commercial fishing  Maine Supreme Judicial Court
Thursday, October 10, 2019  Houlton High School, Houlton
 9:00 a.m. Wal-19-121 Erik Wuori v. Travis Otis  
Houlton High School, Houlton
Wal-19-121 Erik Wuori v. Travis Otis     Attorneys: Christopher K. MacLean, aura P. Shaw, Aaron Fethke
  • Appellant Travis Otis's Brief   see page 6 boat owner

    • In this disclosure action by Erik Wuori to collect on a judgment that he has against Travis Otis, the District Court ordered Otis to turn over to Wuori his 36-foot-long boat, determining that the boat was not exempt under 14 M.R.S. § 4422(9) "Exempt property"  because Otis did not use the boat for "commercial fishing."  Otis appeals, arguing that his use of the boat to fish for lobster in closed or restricted waters to obtain data from each lobster for research purposes, for which he is paid, constitutes "commercial fishing," thereby making his boat exempt from the claims of creditors.  
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Trawl survey updates 
  Discussion In 2018,  "The spring and fall survey took place in May and October and 118 and 96 tows were completed, respectively, out of the scheduled 120 tows (Figure 3). Fish commonly caught in the MENH Survey include winter flounder, Atlantic cod, haddock, rainbow smelt, American shad, white hake, goosefish, Atlantic halibut, Acadian redfish, river herring, and Atlantic mackerel. Others seen in low numbers or infrequently are pollock, wolfish, bluefish, striped bass, and cusk. In addition to the catch of fish, the MENH Survey also catches important invertebrate prey species for sport fish such as American lobster, Cancer spp., and northern shrimp. 

Spring 2018 Summary The spring survey began April 30, 2018 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire and was completed on June 1, 2018. A total of 118 tows out of the scheduled 120 were completed. This translates to a 98% completion rate, with an average of 4.72 tows per day. For Spring 2018, Maine DMR personnel participated on all five weeks of the survey. New Hampshire Fish and Game personnel participated in the first week of the survey as usual. Christine Lipsky and Julie Nieland from NOAA’s NMFS protected species branch participated in weeks two and three of the survey to continue collection of groundfish stomachs for their alosine prey study. The average yearly sea surface and sea bottom temperatures from the MENH survey show a slight positive trend over time (Figure 4) with the highest sea surface temperature occurring in 2013 and highest bottom temperature in 2012. In the Spring 2018 survey the average bottom temperature was 5.9C, and ranged from 4.5C to 11.4C. Sea surface temperatures ranged from 5C to 10.3C with an average of 7.88C. The average bottom and surface water temperatures were comparable to the previous spring survey in 2017. Average bottom temperatures for each region and stratum are provided in table 1.  

  The volume of total mixed catch in spring 2018 varied from 1.98 kg to 385.04 kg per tow, with an average of 107.94 kg and a median of 89 kg. Figure 5 shows the average weight (kg) of the catch per tow for spring surveys since 2001. Spring 2018 catch weight has increased from 2017.   

  Species groups by portion of the total catch for each spring survey since 2001. The first year was fairly variable, but after that the herrings (Atlantic herring, river herring, and shad) compromised the largest portion of the total catch until the Spring 2011 survey. From 2011 to the most recent survey in 2018, lobsters and crabs, of which American lobsters are the major component of, have become the main portion of the catch. Gadoid fish have begun to increase, in large part due to the larger catches of silver hake (whiting) and haddock. Mixed shrimp catches and flatfish numbers have declined.  
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fishing families for Harpswell speak to Opponents of Pen Bay LNG plan April,18 2004

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Oct 7, 2019

SOSUS recordings of North Atlantic cetaceans, shrimp and more in the 1980s

SOSUS RECORDING AREAS

Listen to whales and shrimp speak

SOSUS  Whooper 8min 42sec

SOSUS    Moaner   6min 42sec

SOSUS Whistler 1 min 52sec 

The Sound Surveillance System (SOSUS) is a multibillion-dollar network of hydrophone arrays mounted on the seafloor throughout the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. 

 The SOSUS system takes advantage of the sound channel that exists in the ocean, which allows low-frequency sound to travel great distances.

 At the end of the Cold War, the Navy decided to allow this system to be used by scientists with suitable security clearances, in what was called “dual-use.” SOSUS is now used to study hydrothermal vents and pinpoint underwater volcanic eruptions. The system is also used to study the vocalizations of whales. Scientists can study and track whales in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans using the SOSUS hydrophone arrays. This system has also been used to measure ocean temperatures in relation to climate change. By measuring the travel time of sound waves, the SOSUS system is able record average ocean temperature changes over an ocean basin.
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Oct 5, 2019

Rockland's adhoc Harbor Mgmt Plan Committee 10/3/19 audio: Lobstering, Cruise ships

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How the lobstering "Wild East" was won. 1901 - 1908.

Below, read historic information  from Maine's fishery agency between 1901 and 1908 showing the rapid evolution of lobster conservation in Maine, when processing lobsters into canned food products stimulated a bottomless global market 

 They are from Maine Sea and Shore Fishery biennial reports between 1900 and 1908.   (Note: lobsters then were measured from tip of snout to fork of  tail, so the legal sizes mentioned in these reports are larger than today's carapace-only measure.)    Each excerpt has a link to the report it came from. 

(1.A) From: Maine Sea & Shore Fisheries 1901-1902.  Ppg 26-27
"Lobsters...This fishery should have more than a passing notice. It is worthy of protection. It is a home industry. As each year rolls around more men, more boats, more traps, are being added to the business. It is unlike any other fishing. There is no salting, no curing, no waiting for a market, no anxiety about a market. They are staples, good as gold from Klondike mines.

"Prior to '95 we had many canning factories on our coast, whose only business was to can lobsters from April 15 to July 15 upwards of nine inches in length. The lobster business was almost annihilated. The can lobster filled almost every grocery store from the Pacific to the Atlantic. The people of the great West knew only canned lobster. Prior to '95 there had never been a live lobster shipped beyond the western border of New York state. 

"Lobsters had become scarce on our coast owing to the constant drain upon the small lobsters for factories. One of the methods of destruction in the canning days was the habit of carrying from three to five inches lobsters before the close time was off, crowding from 3,000 to 5,000 into space not large enough for 2,000, and on the 15th of April when the factories  (continued below figure)
"could secure them, more than half of the small fish were dead. It is said that one million were lost in this way each spring. We had but five wardens then and they were very poorly paid to look after the business. I have only shown a part of the willful destruction under the old law to compare with what has been done under the law of '95, when factories practically went out of business, never to return, I hope.

"The 10 and 1/2-inch law is the best for the protection of the young lobsters we have ever had. The fishermen claim that it is the salvation of the lobster industry, but it does not suit everyone - the violators or the summer tourists.

"The business has increased since '95. The number of men has increased four-fold ; the traps and gear have increased; the prices received have increased; pounds from four in '95 to twenty-three in 1902. Steam smacks have taken the place of sailing smacks; rapid transit and refrigerator cars are carrying our lobsters all over our country. 

Each year the demand is greater, and the question is - Can we ever supply the demand? Answer - Yes. Good liberal appropriations, great care and attention will increase the supply of lobsters and all will be benefited thereby.
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"Now take the lobster law. There are certain clauses in our lobster law which make it very hard to enforce. The clause 'mutilated, uncooked lobster is prima facie evidence of their being short,' while mutilated cooked lobsters although short are all right. I have found in several instances mutilated cooked claws and tails of lobsters. If not less than the required length where were the bodies of these lobsters ?

"The lobster dealers may say it will hurt their business to make a law stopping the sale and transportation of lobster meat, but it should be done. What is the lobster meat that the dealers sell? It is nothing more or less than 'dead' lobster which they pick out of their cars every morning and boil and pick out the meat. Now this is no guessing, but something that I have seen for years. 

"Another way the dealers get rid of a good many dead lobsters is by selling them to the hawkers or peddlers, and they will take all they can get. In certain localities the fishermen will break the claws and tails from the bodies and throw the bodies away. At their homes someone will have the water hot and in a few minutes the claws and tails will be cooked, so the wardens cannot take them if they can get into their houses, which they can't do without a search warrant which is about impossible to get."  Letter from Warden George E. Cushman.
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"Warden Isaac H. Snow states in his letter: "I would have the lobster law changed so that wardens can take mutilated lobsters cooked as well as uncooked."
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Page 40 THE CANNING INDUSTRY.
"From the introduction of the lobster canning process at Eastport, about 1842, dates the beginning of the extensivecanning interests of the United States in all its branches. Lobster canning was first attempted in the United States at Eastport shortly after 1840, and was made successful in 1843, the method finally employed having been borrowed from Scotland, which country is said to have learned the process from France.

For the successful introduction of the same into the United States we are indebted to Mr. Charles Mitchell, who at that time resided in Halifax, N. S., who learned his trade of John Moir & Son of Aberdeen, Scotland, the first Scotch firm, it is claimed, to put up hermetically sealed preparations of meat and fish.

"Mr. U. S. Treat, a native of Maine, appears to have been most active and influential in starting the enterprise and introducing canned goods into the markets of the United States. Mr. Treat, with a Mr. Noble of Calais, and a Mr. Holliday, a native of Scotland, started the business of manufacturing hermetically sealed goods in Eastport in 1842, experimenting with lobsters, salmon, and haddock. Their capital was limited, appliances crude, and many discouraging canning difficulties were encountered. The experiments were continued for two years with varying success and in secret, no outsiders being allowed to enter their bathing room.

"In 1843 they secured the services of Mr. Charles Mitchell, who moved to Eastport. After Mr. Mitchell's arrival in Eastport no further difficulty was experienced in the bathing or other..."

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"preparations of the lobsters, and a desirable grade of goods was put up, but found no sale, as such preparations were unknown in our markets. Mr. Treat visited our large cities with samples, but was unable to make sales except on consignment. In 1846 Mr. Treat purchased the island between Eastport and Lubec, which has ever since been known as Treat's Island. In 1854 to 1856 we find him shipping canned lobsters to California. In 1850 there were but three canneries in the United States. In 1856 J. Winslow Jones of Portland commenced canning. In 1843 a one-pound can of lobster sold for five cents, three and one-half pounds, live weight, were required to make a one pound can. No lobsters weighing less than two pounds were then used for canning.

"Concerning the period from 1850 to 1880 sufficient information has not been collected to furnish a connected history of the progress of lobster canning.

"In 1880 there were twenty-three canneries on the coast of Maine, and over forty in the British provinces controlled by United States capital. The combined cash capital invested in the twenty-three factories in Maine was $289,834.

"In addition to the cannery buildings, the several Portland firms which were operating canneries had factories in that city for the manufacture of tin cans and wooden cases, and also warehouses for the storage of the finished product.

"Of the twenty-three , canneries in this State in 1880 ten prepared lobsters only, six, lobsters and mackerel, one,lobsters and clams, six, lobsters, mackerel and clams, and one of the last also put up salmon, fish chowder, and clam chowder.

"In 1879 the factory at Southwest Harbor began to put up lobsters in the shell for export trade. They were boiled, the tail bent under the body, and then packed in cylindrical tin cans twelve and fourteen inches long, put into the cans dry, bathed afterwards and vented in the usual manner. These lobsters were used chiefly for garnishing dishes for the table. In 1879 Mr. J. W. Jones estimated the average weight of lobsters taken for all purposes in Maine 1 ½ pounds; N. S., 2 pounds; Bay of Chaleurs, 2 ½ and Magdaline Islands, 3 pounds.
In 1879 one small steamer was used for collecting lobsters for the factory at Castine. The smacks of that time had an average
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valuation of about three hundred and fifty dollars ($350). The price obtained by the fishermen in 1880 average about one dollar per hundred (count) for canning lobsters. It is reckoned in 1880 that 9,494,284 pounds oflobsters were used at the Maine canneries, valued at $94,943, from the fishermen, and the number of men supplying the same was not far from 1,200, and nearly, if not quite all of these, were also interested in selling to market smacks, which yielded much greater profits.

From the 9,494,284 pounds of live lobster used by the canneries 2,000,000 pounds of canned lobsters, valued at $238,000 were put up on the coast of Maine. No account of the total production of canned lobsters on the coast of Maine during past years is at hand for comparison with those of 1880, but the fact of a very great falling off in the production from year to year is well known, and can be proved by the statistics of small sections. It is stated that the total production of 1880 was greatly exceeded, in ten years previous to that date, by that of a few canneries alone.
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"Until 1842 lobsters were not in sufficient number at Eastport to induce people to fish for them. The canning oflobsters having commenced at Eastport in that year, smacks were sent to the western part of our State for their supplies. In 1855 they first began to fish extensively for lobsters about Eastport.
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"In searching for information in relation to the production of our State, I find that the first report of the Fish Commissioners of Maine was made in 1867, the year that I first set foot on Maine soil. From that time forward to 1884 the lobster is never mentioned in any report of the State Commissioners, notwithstanding the canning industry was going on at that time. Salmon and fresh water fish seemed to have had most of the attention of the Commissioners during that period.
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"There seems to be no way to compare the production of today with that of the seventies and eighties, for, during the canning period from 1855 to 1890, the U. S. Fish Commission's Report is the only source from which any reliable information is obtainable. In that year, 1880, there were sold to smacks and canners in Maine 14,234,182 pounds of lobsters. At that time they say only lobsters weighing 2 pounds were used for canning. We will figure them as weighing 2 pounds each, which will make the catch of that year 7,117,026 in count, and these were caught by the use of 104,456 pots, which shows an average catch to each pot of 68 lobsters. Thus it is shown at that time our production was far ahead of today. From about that date the catch decreased very rapidly until in 1895, when as I have said elsewhere, laws were enacted to stop the wholesale slaughter which was being made by our canneries, for at that time they were canning those nine inches long, and even smaller.
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The canning business, which received the blow given by the legislature of 1895 when it repealed the nine-inch law died in that year, and with the death of the canning industry the lobster business of the State commenced to revive. I consider that in 1893 the business was at its lowest ebb, and since that date, according to statistics, the lobster supply has steadily but slowly increased."

"Our protective laws at the present time, if observed, are adequate; the transportation facilities ample, and the business generally, appears to be in a healthy condition among the dealers. If it is not so with the fishermen then they have only themselves to blame. The laws were enacted at their instigation, and wholly for their benefit, and it lies wholly with them, whether or not they are observed, for if they never save anything but a legal lobster the law never can be violated, no smacksman will be able to purchase one, no dealer can buy or sell one, no person can get any but a legal lobster to eat. 

"In short, unless the fishermen for whom the short lobster law was enacted, save short lobsters nobody in our State can violate it unless by importing from some other state or country. It would seem to anyone not familiar with fishermen and their movements that this would be a simple solution of the whole problem, when by observance of the laws by them ( for whose benefit the law was made, and who know as well as you or I that every violation made by a fisherman is an injury to his own business as well as to his brother fisherman's) that to observe the law would be the only thing he would do.

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"Many years ago one of the leading industries connected with the fisheries were the canning factories. These flourished at a time when lobsters were very plentiful, and the regular market price was one cent a pound to the factories and three cents apiece for large lobsters for private use. The fishing season then extended from March to rough weather in the fall, no fishing being done during the winter months. 

"These factories preferred small lobsters, and it would be impossible to estimate the enormous number of young lobsters used by them even in a single season.These factories were the first cause of a large decrease in the annual catch. A law was finally passed making the legal length for canning the same as for ordinary use and it was hoped that the decrease would cease: but the closing of the factories did not stop the destruction of small lobsters. neither did it give the proper protection to the seed-bearing lobster.
The fishermen still continue to..."
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"use the small lobster, even using them for cunner trap bait and hen-food. They also continued, after it became illegal to do so, to rub the seed from the spawn of female lobster, and sell them to the lobster buyers with the other market lobsters. These practices were not only common, but the usual methods of most fishermen. Is it any wonder that the catch became smaller and smaller each year until corrective measures were taken? 

"Finally our legislature passed a law making it illegal to have in possession any lobster below a prescribed length, ten and one-half inches, now three and three-fourths inches body measure; and made a general appropriation for the Department of Sea and Shore fisheries, which provided funds, for a warden service to enforce the law.  

"Their experience from using lobsters of that size has been that they are practically exterminating the species. At a meeting recently held in Boston. which was attended by commissioners and representatives of the several states, it was unanimously..."


"...agreed that the Maine legal length, method of measurement, etc., are the best to adopt."
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