Jonesport

Some of the fish raised at Springworks Farm in Lisbon. Supporters of aquaponics say that it can reduce the distance that fresh produce and fish have to travel to get to consumers, and minimize the waste needed to produce each of them.

Jonesport fish farm makes headway after court denies appeal of the project's local permits

Robbie Feinberg

Maine's Business and Consumer Court rejected the appeal from project opponent Protect Downeast, which argued that the town's planning board misinterpreted the local land use code when it approved the project.

Wire lobster traps sit stacked on a pier in Beals, Maine, as vehicles cross the Beals Island Bridge between Beals and Jonesport on Nov. 30, 2018. Linked by the bridge, which is being replaced with a new $10.5 million span, the lobster industry and a shared high school, residents of the two towns hope their rural fishing community will benefit from a proposed $110 million land-based aquaculture fish farm in Jonesport.

Environment and Outdoors

Jonesport residents reject aquaculture moratorium

Nicole Ogrysko

The vote may clear the way for Kingfish Maine to set up a land-based yellowtail fish farm in the town.

Business and Economy

Dutch Firm Says It Has 'Strategic Funding' To Build $110M Fish Farm In Jonesport

Associated Press

JONESPORT, Maine - A Dutch firm's proposal to build a fish farm in Maine would make it the first in the country to cultivate yellowtail on a commercial…

Maine

Second Body Recovered from Canoe Accident

Jennifer Mitchell

JONESPORT, Maine_ Officials say a second body has been recovered off Roque Island, near Jonesport following an apparent canoe accident.The US Coast Guard…

Maine

Coast Guard Searching for Second Canoeist Following Accident

Associated Press

SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine (AP) _ The Coast Guard is continuing its search for a canoeist in the waters off the Maine coast after one canoeist wearing a life…