The 35-foot Buff Enough ran aground Wednesday morning near Bear Island in Penobscot Bay with eight people on board, but no one was injured, according to U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Ruben Colon on Thursday. The Buff Enough owner hailed the Coast Guard at 8:51 a.m. to report the Eastern-rig lobster boat turned pleasure vessel […]
Thanks to a pair of women, a 17-pound lobster has been saved from the dinner plate. Andre the lobster was bought and then donated to the New England Aquarium in Boston. The lobster ended up in a grocery store in Burlington, Vt. when the two women noticed him. At $11.99 per pound, it cost them […]
Rescue workers work to save manatee from illegal crab trap
A manatee was rescued in Brevard County Friday after getting tangled in an illegal crab trap connected to a bright orange buoy. Marine biologists said the rope from the trap got tangled around the manatee’s right flipper. Rescuers from fish and wildlife and SeaWorld […]
Scientists from the University of Havana have found that two compounds from lobster shells, chitin and chitosan, have healing and bio-stimulant properties. The researchers said that the compounds could be used to create surgical materials with great healing and antiseptic properties, as well as to increase growth speed and germination in seeds. Chitin is a […]
On Tuesday Biddeford Police continued investigating the attempted arson of a lobster boat that happened Monday morning. The boat, called the West Wind, is owned by Randall Desmarais of Biddeford and was moored in Biddeford Pool. Biddeford Police Communications Director JoAnne Fisk said at about 9:40 a.m. on Monday the police received a call from […]
Police are investigating the deliberate poisoning of nearly 40-thousand pounds of live lobster at a pound in Meteghan, N.S. Police say it appears someone drilled holes into the building, located on the Meteghan Wharf Road on July 25 and pumped an unknown toxin into the holding tanks. Sgt. Michel LaCroix says technicians from Environment Canada […]
Men Stealing Lobster Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officers cited three men today for illegally spearing 75 lobsters in the Florida Keys. Officers spotted a man snorkeling and noticed two others nearby who appeared to be serving as lookouts. Officials searched the mens’ car and found the out-of-season and undersized lobsters. The men face […]
Spiny lobsters
Zane H. Fennelly, a former captain of a Jacksonville, Fla.-based commercial fishing vessel, was arrested earlier today on an indictment returned by a federal grand jury on Aug. 2, 2007, in Jacksonville, Fla., the Justice Department announced today. According to the indictment, Fennelly knowingly disposed of and attempted to destroy three bags containing spiny […]
New Scallop dredge
The director of MIT Sea Grant’s Center for Fisheries Engineering Research wants to build a better dredge-even though he’s the first to admit that current dredges do a fine job of catching the creatures. What current dredges don’t do, says Goudey, is take into consideration unintended consequences, such as damaging bottom habitat — […]
In a recent poll, people were asked their favorite seafood recipes of all time. And here are the results!
1.Grilled Shrimp Primavera.
2.Grilled Lobster Tails.
3.Caesar Shrimp Skewers.
4.Grilled Jumbo Shrimp.
5.Grilled Garlic Butter Shrimp.
6.Australian Shrimp on the Barbie.
7.Spicy Cajun BBQ Shrimp. 8.Grilled Bacon Wrapped Scallops.
9.Grilled Oysters.
10.Tequila lime Shrimp.