Authorities in Maine say they have figured out how to regulate a fishery that is so out of control in Canada, the federal government has shut it down this year the third shutdown in five years putting 1,100 people out of work.
Contractors are hard to come by amid the mounting demand to repair damage from January storms that battered the coast. Now, many are patching their own wharves, hoping they can hold out until the real work can be done.
AUGUSTA — The Maine Legislature on April 17 approved a supplemental budget that includes $60 million for communities and businesses to recover from substantial damage from three big storms in