On Nov. 8, voters in Portland and Bar Harbor will vote on whether to limit disembarking cruise ship visitors. This year, Maine will host a total of 360 cruise ships with an estimated 400,000 passengers. Cruise ship visitors spend an estimated $30 million a year in Maine.
The fight to save Maine’s lobster fishing industry brought all hands on deck last month after the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch placed Maine Lobster on its “red list” of seafood to avoid.