Page 4. MAINE COASTAL NEWS August 2012
Maine Coastal News Winterport, Maine 04496-0710 U.S.A.
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Last month was extremely busy. It is bad enough trying to stay up with all the events, especially the lobster boat racing, which will keep you running from one end of the state to the other. Then add in meetings and that has kept me on the road almost every day. In fact, one weeks I drove 2,000 miles, which was more than enough for me. Now yes, some of this was self-infl ict-
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ed. After the Moosebec races on 30 June, I headed home, mowed the front lawn so that it did not need to be baled when I returned, and headed to Portsmouth, NH for the night. The next morning I headed into Boston to see Roger Waters perform “The Wall” at Fenway Park. If the tug and e-Bay has not made me poor this did not help, but it was more than worth the time and money spent. Oh lets complicate the situation even
Publisher Editor-in-Chief
Jon B. Johansen Rachel Elward
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more at the offi ce, by buying a new comput- er. I really need to stay a little more current with technology. The computer I was replac- ing was about eight years old and this meant that most of the software on it would not run on the new one. We were already planning on switching from PageMaker, which has been dead for a number of years, to InDesign. One would assume that it should be pretty simi- lar, but we all know what assumes mean and this case it did. Poor Rachel has struggled the last couple of weeks trying to make sure that everything was going to go smoothly when it went to the press. It will just take a little time to get use to, but in the end it will allow us to produce a much better paper. There has been a lot happening on the coast, but the one that has gain the most attention has to be the price of lobsters. As most know the boat price, what fi shermen
are paid, dropped well below $2 a pound and some buyers were not even buying because there was such a glut. It seems that due to the unusually warm weather the lobsters molted much earlier than normal. This coupled with the increased lobster catch in Canada and there becomes a problem because they are the ones that buy the over-stocked shedders. If you talk to the old-time lobster fi shermen, shedders are not a good product especially since you cannot truck them very far. They say we should not be fi shing for them. When you listen to all the arguments it is a real complicated issue that does not have an easy fi x.
Some say it all comes down to market- ing, which is done by the Maine Lobster Promotion Council. Not sure if they do a great job, but in their defense that may be because they do not get adequate funds to do so. It has been proposed that they should receive more funding and that is being dis- cussed in Augusta. I am still wondering why we are not at major events such as NASCAR and tied in with the Boston Red Sox. They have been brag ging about the Clam Shack in Kennebunkport as the site of the best lobster roll. The event that determined this was held in New York City and they were the only ones from the State of Maine to compete. Well, I would stack their lobster roll up against a number of the road side eateries like Cook’s Crossing in Searsport and Madelyn’s on Deer Isle to name a few. Bottom line is that we can make a difference by buying more from your local fi shermen and hosting lobster dinners and not bean suppers.
MCN's Calendar of Coastal Events On-Going Exhibits:
Summer 2012 Exhibit: Schooner BOWDOIN on the Greenland Patrol”, Castine Historical Society, School Street, Castine, Maine; June 25 through October 15, Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., and Sunday, 1-4 p.m. Explore the untold story of Maine Maritime Academy’s historic schooner BOWDOIN during World War II while serving as U.S. Naval vessel. This exhibit will reveal the vessel’s previously uncelebrated contributions to the strategic operations of the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Navy during World War II as part of the Greenland Patrol.
-October 28
Exhibit: Subdue, Seize and Take: Maritime Maine in the War of 1812 A view into the maritime goings-on of the District of Maine in the fractious atmosphere of double-dealing, defi ance, subterfuge, vitriolic satire, confusion and propaganda that the 1812 war brought to the Maine coast. For more information visit
www.MaineMaritimeMuseum.org. Maine Maritime Museum Bath
JULY 26 Penobscot East Resource Centre’s Summer Lecture Series
Shorts
Movie Night: Stonington Fishing 6-8 pm
Penobscot East Offi ces 13 Atlantic Ave Stonington
For information: (207) 367-2708, email
info@penobscoteast.org
27-31 Lobster Run Race
28 Friendship Lobster Boat Races Barge middle of harbor Friendship Info: Wes Lash, (207) 832-7807
28 Penobscot Marine Museum Gala & Auction
Honouring Maine Maritime Academy
Point Lookout Northport
Info: (207) 548-2529
28-29 Seguin Island Trophy Race Southport Yacht Club Southport Island
28-29 Solo/Twin Race
29 Harpswell Lobster Boat Races Barge off Mitchell Field Harpswell
Info: Henry Barnes, (207) 725-2567 29 MDI Series IV
AUGUST 1 Castine Classic Yacht Regatta Symposium
Delano Auditorium Maine Maritime Academy Castine
2 Castine Classic Yacht Regatta Castine to Camden
3 Camden Feeder Race Camden to Brooklin
4 Eggemoggin Reach Regatta WoodenBoat Brooklin
10-12 Shipyard Cup 2012 Hodgdon Yachts East Boothbay
10-12 Maine Boats Home & Harbors Boat Show
Rockland
10-12 Downeast Race Week, August Cruise, Nevin Cup Northeast Harbor Fleet Northeast Harbor
11 Winter Harbor Lobster Boat Races Town Dock Winter Harbor
Info: Chris Byers, (207) 963-7139
12 Merritt Brackett Lobster Boat Races State Park Restaurant Pemaquid
Info: Don Drisko & Laurie Crane (207) 677-2432
13-15 Open Boat Yard Days Maine Built Boats
SEPTEMBER 9 Pirate Festival Lobster Boat Race Eastport
13-16 Newport International Boat Show America’s Cup Avenue Newport, RI
3-5 Monhegan Regatta Portland Yacht Club Falmouth
5 Tom Morris Memorial Pursuit Race
7 Penobscot East Resource Centre’s Summer Lecture Series
3rd ANNUAL LOBSTER BUOY AUCTION
Preview: 5-6 pm Live Auction: 6-8 pm Fishermen’s Friend Restaurant 5 Atlantic Ave Stonington
For information: (207) 367-2708, email
info@penobscoteast.org
16-19 Penobscot Bay Rendezvous Lyman-Morse Boatbuilders and Wayfarer Marine
Thomaston and Camden Info: penobscotbayrendezvous. com
17 MS Harbor Fest Auction
18 MS Harbor Fest – Power and Sailboat races
19 MS Harborfest Lobster Boat Races Portland Yacht Services Portland
Info: Jon Johansen (207) 223-8846
23 Penobscot East Resource Centre’s Summer Lecture Series
“Why there are so Many Lobsters?” 6-7:30 pm
Featuring: Rick Wahle, Carl Wilson, Brian Beal, & Ted Ames Penobscot East Offi ces 13 Atlantic Ave Stonington
For information: (207) 367-2708, email
info@penobscoteast.org
24 Northeast Harbor Races Northeast Harbor Fleet Northeast Harbor
24-26 PHRF New England
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