Historically Lobsters, now a major factor in Maine’s commercial fisheries, were once so plentiful that Native Americans used them to fertilize fields and to bait fish hooks. According to Colin Woodward, in 1608 with the Popham Colony failing, Lobsters were everywhere. On their way to the Kennebec, Raleigh Gilbert’s men caught fifty lobsters “of great…
In 1950, Maine had record seafood landings of 356,266,000 pounds without aquaculture. Maine ranked among the top seafood producing States. In 2009, the last year available for national seafood landings, Maine ranked 11th in pounds landed and 3rd in value. The preliminary 2010 landings were 251,299,375 pounds including aquaculture valued ex-vessel at $450,664,717, an average…
(1768-1847) was, according to The Art of Jonathan Fisher, 1768-1847, “an uncommon common man, the nineteenth century pastor of a little Maine town. More than his occupation or the locale may suggest, Fisher was a universal man–inventor, farmer, architect and builder, surveyor, linguist, naturalist. Above all he was an artist, translating his vision of the…
Consecutive Championships School No. Years Skowhegan (A) 8 2001-2008 Dexter (C) 4 2000-2003 Year Class A Class B Class C 1976 Bonny Eagle Livermore Falls Katahdin 1977 Bonny Eagle Lake Region Telstar 1978 Bonny Eagle Madawaska Telstar 1979 Waterville Belfast Madison 1980 Westbrook Lake Region Jay 1981 Bangor Cape Elizabeth Sacopee 1982 Cony…