Lessons for New England from Iceland's Silicon Valley of Cod
The Iceland Ocean Cluster has sparked a movement that’s captured the attention of leaders from Maine to Alaska.
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The Iceland Ocean Cluster has sparked a movement that’s captured the attention of leaders from Maine to Alaska.
Just as lobsters go through the disruptive, vulnerable shedding process as they grow, the industry itself must now prepare for an uncomfortable period of upheaval.
Maine Voices: Shattering of Capitol’s sanctity demonstrates our nation’s fragility Everyone who truly wants to protect our founding principles must stand up now for unity and justice. By Michael ConathanSpecial to the Press Herald Share For almost eight years, Capitol Hill and the U.S. Capitol complex was my family’s home. I walked daily across the Hill to my office in the Hart Senate Office Building, where I worked as an aide to Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe. Like any job, there were good days and bad, but there was never a day I didn’t feel a deep respect and awe for the place, its his...
In 1890 the Census declared the frontier closed but in 1983 President Ronald Reagan established a new frontier, an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) stretching 200 miles out from America’s shoreline.
The ocean under Biden David Helvarg, opinion contributor © Getty Images The ocean under Biden In 1890 the Census declared the frontier closed but in 1983 President Ronald Reagan established a new frontier, an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) stretching 200 miles out from America's shoreline. At 3.4 million square miles it's an area larger than our continental landmass. Unfortunately for almost four years President Trump has treated the nation's ocean frontier as little more than a gas station and a garbage dump as he attempted to open up 90 percent of U.S. coastal waters to oi...