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Edward French

2009

Deer Island ferry announcement anticipated soon

With increasing pressure for the provincial government to drop its plan to reduce the Deer Island ferry service to only one vessel for a four and one-half month period each year, the area's representative in the New Brunswick legislative assembly maintains that an announcement will be made soon...

2009

Canada restates position on LNG ship passage

The Canadian government has restated its opposition to liquefied natural gas (LNG) vessels passing through Head Harbour Passage to terminals on the Maine side of Passamaquoddy Bay, in comments made to the U.S.

2009

Lubec conservation purchases proposed

Several land conservation proposals in Washington County will be considered by the Land for Maine's Future Board at a meeting scheduled for July 14. The meeting will be held at the Darling Marine Center in Walpole at 1:30 p.m.

2009

Red tide hits clam diggers hard

The closure of all of the southwest New Brunswick coastline and almost all of eastern Maine to the harvesting of shellfish has been hitting clam diggers hard this year.

2009

Acadian begins rockweed harvest in Cobscook Bay

Acadian Seaplants Ltd. has begun commercially harvesting rockweed in Cobscook Bay for this season, following the Maine Department of Marine Resources' approval of its harvest plan on June 17. As of June 24, the Nova Scotia-based company was the only company approved for harvesting in the bay.

2009

Canaport LNG set to receive first shipment

Residents around Passamaquoddy Bay have been wrangling over liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects for five years, while some 50 miles away a new LNG terminal in Saint John was expected to receive its first shipment this week from the 932-foot Bilbao Knutsen.

2009

Doucet is confident Deer Island ferry service won't be cut

The MLA representing Deer Island in the New Brunswick legislative assembly is confident that a planned reduction in ferry service to the island to only one vessel for a four and one-half month period each year will not occur.