A trio of Maine seafood industry veterans has bought a former sardine cannery in Gouldsboro and plans to revive it as a processor of Maine seafood.

Curt Brown and Betsy Lowe, both formerly of Ready Seafood, and Pete Daley, formerly of Garbo Lobster and Acadia Seafood, have partnered to create Bold Coast Seafood , Brown said Friday. And last week, the new company bought the former Stinson Seafood sardine cannery in the Gouldsboro village of Prospect Harbor.

“We are over the moon,” Brown said Friday. “We’re really excited about the future of this industry.”

For roughly the past five years, since former property owner East Coast Seafood quietly packed up and left town, there have been no seafood processing operations at the plant. A live lobster-buying and distribution business has opera

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