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Maine's "Glass Eel" Fishery Opens
Beginning today, March 22, the shores of Maine's tidal streams will become ragged with fyke nets, mesh mouths open wide to the sea, hoping to funnel migrating elvers into their holds. An elver is a baby American eel, Latin name Anguilla rostrata. They hatch somewhere in the Sargasso Sea near… SEE MORE
Thawing Out from a Maine Winter in Steuben
Spring is officially here, thank god. Even though this winter was rather mild, it still feels incredible when that first prolonged blast of warm air settles over Maine's small coastal towns and villages. If you are lucky enough to live on the coast, you know what this feeling is like.… SEE MORE
New Maine Seafood Guide Debuts
I am delighted to announce the launch of the new Maine Seafood Guide, which provides information on Maine seafood species, a guide to fishing methods and gear, and more. This is the only Maine-specific reference for Maine seafood. I identified the need for such a resource while working on an… SEE MORE
Top Marine Electronics Writer Recognizes USHarbors
The USHarbors team was thrilled this weekend to discover that we'd been reviewed by Ben Ellison, one of the top journalists to cover the marine electronics industry, and that we'd passed his tests with flying colors. Now, in the name of full disclosure, we must make clear that we have… SEE MORE
The Name Game on Maine's Working Boats
A boat's name can say a lot about its owner, its location, or its current state of being. I have seen boats that are named for former flames or former pets. Boats that carry on the tradition of the past and ones that convey the present and the future. I… SEE MORE
Stopping By Beals Island's Working Waterfront
The term working waterfront means many things to many different people, but to me, the concept of a working waterfront must center on the ability for local fisherman to use the waterfront land that is available to them in any way possible as to maximize their profit and efficiency. Beals… SEE MORE
Chasing Periwinkles in Maine's Sunrise County
A beautiful late winter sunrise creeps over the tall spruce trees of Roque Bluffs, as the calm waters of Englishman Bay spill onto the vast crescent-shaped beach and begin to turn pink in the glow of the rising sun. The massive tides that define Washington County were at their lowest… SEE MORE
Scenes Under a Blue Sky in Cozy Corea
I enjoy shooting in the small village of Corea, on the eastern edge of the Schoodic Peninsula just beyond Prospect Harbor. The inner harbor is shaped like a barely broken circle, a place where a hardy fleet of lobster boats enjoy spectacular protection from the gulf of Maine. I can… SEE MORE
People and Vessels: Early Portraits of Monhegan Island
The people of Monhegan Island are and always have been rugged individualists who, for better or for worse, have needed to cooperate with one another. The island's name means "grand island." It sits isolated at the outside of Muscongus Bay, about 12 miles offshore. There's only one good harbor. By… SEE MORE
Between Two Rivers, a Snowy Spit of Downeast Sand
Take a look at a map of Washington County, Maine, and you will find a convoluted coastline, full of pastoral peninsulas, craggy inlets, and countless rivers and bays that all flow into the Gulf of Maine. Find the river town of Harrington and trace your finger due south, where a… SEE MORE
Slivers of Spring in the Moody Month of March
The month of March is a period of great transition on the Maine coast. Winter morphs into the house guest that refuses to leave, and no matter how hard you wish for Spring's arrival, you know deep down that March is still a winter month in these parts, and the… SEE MORE
Dangerous But Lucrative Business: Maine Scallop Diving
Scallop diving is dangerous business, make no mistake about it. Divers plunge into the icy waters of downeast Maine, sometimes sixty to seventy feet down, all while the water temperature sits in the mid 30s and the winter winds howl above its choppy surface. It’s dangerous all right, but it’s… SEE MORE
