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Can you eat Maine bluefin tuna with a clear conscience?
It s complicated, but here s a hint to tuna lovers: the news is good.
By Christine Burns Rudalevige
There is no silver bullet solution to managing the complicated Atlantic bluefin tuna fishery.
These slow-growing but lightning-fast fish are highly migratory, a fact that can skew regional stock assessments. Changing ocean water temperatures as a result of climate change mean that where these predators can find enough food to sustain their 500-pound bodies is also changing.
The age at which the fish reach sexual maturity can vary by as many as six years, making it difficult to gauge how stocks will rebound from overfishing. And the type of gear used to catch Atlantic bluefin ranges from single harpoons to multiple drifting longlines, a fact that divides the fishery into a dizzying array of sub-categories.
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“Our team is great, and the way they work and how hard they work has been really uplifting, she said.
Chaval isn’t in the heart of the downtown it’s a little bit off the beaten path. But it’s one of the highest-rated restaurants in the city, and Ilma points out, Chaval is a neighborhood restaurant. The changes Ilma and Damian made to stay open, like having outdoor-only dining, have highlighted the way their community has supported them.
“Our guests have been nothing but supportive, she said.
“If you told me two years ago that people in Maine are going to be eating outdoors [in the winter] I would have been like, ‘No way … they are going to hate it,’” Ilma said.
With right attitude and outerwear, the fun of dining outside in winter outweighs the drawbacks
The pandemic has led some restaurants to extend outdoor dining long past the usual season, appealing to diners with heated patios and private chalets. We explore the al fresco experience when the temperature dips.
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Paul and Elizabeth Piche of Gorham clink glasses as steam rises from Elizabeth s hot toddy. The two were dining under heat lamps at Chaval on a cold February evening. Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer
At 7:30 a.m., I check the temperature outside (16 degrees) and lay out my clothes on the bed: long underwear top and bottom, two pairs of socks (the outermost of bulky wool), turtleneck, Woolrich ski sweater with snowflake pattern (apt), warm winter hiking pants, REI nylon rain pants, warmest wooliest hat, lined mittens (made from a cast-off wool sweater), down coat that reaches past my knees, wraparound scarf that will wrap three times in a pinch, and snow boots