The L. Ray Packing Company in Milbridge is run by the Rays, who have been in the packing business since the early 1930s. In 1992 they packed 60,000 100-can cases of sardines under the Fisherman\u27s Net label, while years ago the company would pack a million cases annually. There used to be packing plants up and down the coast of Maine, but today there are just six, owned by four companies. Fewer fish, less demand and more competition from abroad are cited as the reasons for the decline in the Maine packing industry, but difficulty in finding local labor figures into the picture as well. Details
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Between the two World Wars, Maine canneries kept up with the high demand for sardines as storable fo...
North by East statistic on the decline of the sardine industry in Maine, from 75 canneries in 1900,...
Brief article summarizes the state of the Maine sardine industry. The decline in domestic consumpti...
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In the 1930s and 1940s, the arrival of sardine carriers was the annual highlight for Maine coast her...
St. Johnsbury Trucking Co. Inc. of Holliston, Mass., which is Maine\u27s largest freight carrier and...
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New Brunswick-based Cooke Aquaculture, with operations in Maine, is reviving its Machiasport process...
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