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In the last 8 years, Maine’s aquaculture harvest has more than doubled in volume and in value, and some predict that the state's aquaculture exports could be worth as much as $800 million by 2025.
ELLSWORTH — Legislation that would have removed the need for a state Water Quality Certificate for hydropower operations seeking a federal license to
Additional funds will be committed to ensure the properties stay well-maintained.
increase font size Groups urge Maine to protect last wild Atlantic salmon in U.S. A coalition of environmental groups and scientists say the fish could be afforded more protections if they were added to Maine's list of endangered and threatened species. By PATRICK WHITTLEAssociated Press Share a 4-year-old Atlantic salmon is held at the National Fish Hatchery in Nashua, N.H., in April 2012. Jim Cole/Associated Press Maine is home to the last wild Atlantic salmon populations in the U.S., but a new push to protect the fish at the state level is unlikely to land them on the endangered list.
A MAN who died in his home from hypothermia could have been saved if he hadn’t been neglected by friends, a coroner concluded. Andrew Forrest, 49, was found dead by three friends who were concerned they hadn’t heard from him. Coroner James Newman, sitting in Preston, said Andrew, of Florence Street, Burnley, died from hypothermia after being left by two friends in a ‘confused, vacant’ state in a cold house which was overflowing with water. He added that if they had sought help for him, it would be likely he would be alive today and said that despite Andrew dying of natural cau...