Karen Constant, half of the Maine-ly Smoked Salmon Company.

Heading Down the Road to Delicious Coastal Adventures

2/21/2012 - Fresh Crabmeat. Live Lobster. Cherrystones, Mussels, Clams. The handmade signs that decorate the roadsides of downeast Maine are clues to the region’s seafood industry, an independent and enterpreneurial collage of individuals and families who dig for clams and worms, collect periwinkles, dredge for scallops, rake seaweed, trap lobsters and crabs,… SEE MORE

Scalloping for a Living; a Dangerous Pursuit

2/14/2012 - Scallop diving is dangerous business, make no mistake about it. Divers plunge into the icy waters of down east Maine, sometimes sixty to seventy feet down, all while the water temperature sits in the mid 30’s and the winter winds howl above the oceans choppy surface. It’s dangerous alright, but… SEE MORE
An old sardine shack stands in front of the bridge to Campobello Island in Lubec.

As Far Down East As You Can Get: Lubec

2/8/2012 - East of anywhere, the town of Lubec has a frontier-like quality to it, especially in the middle of a Maine winter. Standing on the town dock, you can look right across to Campobello Island and up the mouth of Cobscook Bay to Canada and the islands of New Brunswick. On… SEE MORE

NOAA Doubles Gulf of Maine Winter Flounder Catch Limits

2/8/2012 - NOAA announced today that it is doubling the amount of Gulf of Maine winter flounder commercial fishermen can catch from almost 510,000 pounds to more than 1.1 million pounds for the current fishing season, which ends April 30. New scientific information shows that overfishing is no longer occurring on this… SEE MORE