Diversification of Millers’ Wharf breathes new life into Tenants Harbor

April 17, 2017

The pounds of lobster coming across the wharf almost doubled last year, he says. When co-op members buy a wharf, they can make even more money because they own the middleman — the wharf and its landlord — who typically would take 50 cents of the $4.50 price per pound of lobster.

(Reprint from Mainebiz 4/17/2017) – Family-owned Millers’ Wharf thrived over the past 40 years, then encountered rough waters five years ago, so much so that the four brothers who own it considered selling it last year.

But big changes over the past year, including diversification with a new co-op and a Luke’s restaurant, have the wharf in Tenants Harbor going full speed ahead. Read more here.