Page 20. MAINE COASTAL NEWS Janaury 2011 Innovative Retail Seafood Sourcing Event Set for Las Vegas


FirstSource: Retail Seafood brings select seafood buyers and suppliers together February 22-24, 2011 at the Tuscany Suites and Casino


SOUTH PORTLAND — An exclusive gath- ering of U.S. retail seafood buyers, and the suppliers hoping to do business with them, is scheduled for Feb. 22 – 24, 2011 at the Tuscany Suites & Casino in Las Vegas, Ne- vada.


“FirstSource: Retail Seafood is a new way to introduce products to buyers that is cost- and time-efficient, unlike the hit-or-miss contacts at large tradeshows, or by making individual sales calls to 25 qualified buyers’ individual headquarters,” said Brian Perkins one of the event’s organizers.


The exclusive event opens with a recep- tion Tuesday evening. On Wednesday, key suppliers deliver presentations about their products to a room of 25 leading supermarket buyers in the United States. Following the presentations, Tuscany chefs serve care- fully prepared tasting samples of each supplier’s product to the buyers. On Thurs- day, buyers take part in private one-on-one meetings with a minimum of 12 suppliers of


their choice to discuss pricing, production, and delivery capabilities.


In addition, the event will feature two and a half days of one-on-one networking opportunities including gala receptions, din- ners, luncheons and breakfasts. A keynote address on Wednesday will be presented by renowned sustainability expert Peter Redmond, Vice President of Global Market Development for the Global Aquaculture Alliance.


Hotel, airfare and meals for invited buy- ers are covered by show organizers. A limited number of pre-screened suppliers pay a fee to take part in the event.


FirstSource: Retail Seafood is the first of a series of FirstSource hosted-buyer events the company has on tap for vertical product specialties in the perishable food categories in the U.S. and Europe. “Our ability to com- bine high-level meetings and precisely ex- ecuted product tastings makes the FirstSource concept unique and in the van- guard of food product marketing,” Perkins explained.


For information on participating in FirstSource: Retail Seafood, visit www.FirstSourceEvents.com/


Mystic Seaport Museum News Continued from Page 8.


School in Old Saybrook, CT, were able to deduce the inventor’s thinking, understand what the device might have looked like, how it operated and what might have happened during its attack in New York Harbor in 1776. Frese’s students created a replica of the early submarine and put the Turtle through a series of operational tests at Mystic Seaport, confirming the authors’ research. April 27 – Eric J. Dolin, author of Leviathan, returns to Mystic Seaport to discuss his latest book, Fur, Fortune and Empire, an account of the development and


RetailSeafood or contact Brian Perkins at +1 207-233-4475 or bperkins@highlinerevents.com. Peter Redmond, Vice President of Global Market Development for the Global Aquacul- ture Alliance, has been selected as keynote speaker at the FirstSource: Retail Seafood event Feb. 22 – 24, 2011 at the Tuscany Suites & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mr. Redmond will address the increasingly im- portant role of sustainability in the sourcing and marketing of seafood products.


FirstSource: Retail Seafood is an exclu- sive gathering of major U.S. retail seafood buyers, and the suppliers who do business with them.


In addition to addressing the ninety high-level attendees during the event’s Wednesday luncheon, Redmond will be available both days to meet individually with interested supply and retail executives look- ing for guidance and insight in the complex and rapidly changing sustainability arena.


Senator Snowe Maine Shellfish Beds Continued from Page 10.


impact of a fashion-driven fur trade from its inception in the early 17th century to the late 1880s. In his book, Dolin states that the westward expansion of the United States was caused not so much by “manifest destiny” or a thirst for empire, but by a chase after animals and by those who sought wealth and a living in the pelts of fur-bearing animals.


For more information, visit www.mysticseaport.org/maritimeauthors. The Maritime Author Series is co- sponsored by the Museum’s Library Fellows.


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summer in Maine’s recorded history. At its peak, the density of this toxin was nearly 100 times the federally mandated quarantine level, a concentration not seen since the early 1980s. The closure of these shellfish beds, some of which remained in effect until September, was justified in the interest of maintaining public safety, but could not have come at a worse time for Maine is dependent on the shellfish resource. Further, because this failure came as a result of natural oceanic and meteorological occurrences, a disaster declaration and subsequent allocation of relief funding will not cause any expansion of this failure, and may help mitigate the impact of future red tide events.


The shellfish industry is vital to Maine’s economy. Approximately 3000 harvesters and dealers depend directly upon access to help the shellfish beds to make their living and support their families. Maine’s Department of Marine Resources (DMR) estimates total annual economic value of this industry in Maine at $15 million, with the largest proportion of that value


coming from May through August. On July 23, 2009 NOAA awarded $121,000 through the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the University of Maine to conduct cruises to monitor the extent and magnitude of the red tide outbreak. We sincerely appreciate this investment and recognized this commitment to reducing the impacts of this disaster. Yet, while this emergency funding was justified and hastened re- opening of some areas, it did not address the ongoing concerns of the hard-working shellfisherman who rely on this income to carry them through Maine’s long, cold winter.


We once again urge you to consider declaring a fisheries disaster for the mange shellfish industry and immediately make funds available under section 312(a) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, and any other assistance you can provide. We look forward to your expeditious response to Gov. Baldacci’s request and thank you on behalf of the people of Maine. Sincerely,


Signed Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins, Chellie Pingree and Michael H. Michaud


State Museum Commemorates Wreck of the Nottingham Galley


Continued from Page 6.


“The grisly fame of the Nottingham Galley’s story lies in what followed during the twenty-four days that the ship’s crew was marooned on Boon Island,” explains Maine State Museum Chief Archaeologist Dr. Bruce Bourque. “Faced with starvation, cold, and extreme privation, they cannibalized one of their fellow crew


members who had died of exposure. The museum’s small exhibit makes reference to that story.”


“Additionally, we spotlight another aspect of survival related to the Nottingham Galley,” continues Bourque. “That survival concerns the ship’s cannons and related cannon-firing supplies recovered from the sea floor by archaeologists in 1995. Following a challenging, emergency recovery effort and subsequent conservation of the water-logged and deteriorating objects, the cannons and supplies survive to this day as a remarkable, permanent part of the Maine State Museum’s collection.”


The exhibit features one of the ship’s nine recovered cannons, along with a cannon ball, wadding, and powder bag. The exhibit’s photographs and video show the underwater archaeology conducted by Dr. Warren Riess of the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center. The exhibit, “The Wreck of the Nottingham Galley,” will be on view through March 2011 in the museum’s lobby area. The Maine State Museum is located in the State House Complex in Augusta. Hours are Tuesday – Friday, 9 to 5; Saturday, 10 to 4. The museum is closed all state holidays, as well as state government closure days. For more information, www.mainestatemuseum.org


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