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Published
December 4, 2022

Seaweed industry divided over concerns about pace of growth in Maine

Potential environmental and economic impacts form the basis of a debate over how best to regulate kelp farming.
Published
September 28, 2022

Sustainably Speaking: Oyster farming is farming for our future
Published
September 27, 2022

Maine Voices: Don’t dismiss fish farms’ threat to our state’s coastal waters

Based on the risks to water quality and sea life, an application for two 60-acre salmon farms off Bar Harbor should be rejected.
Published
July 28, 2022

Maine Voices: Shellfish farms here and across America are being hammered by climate change

As shellfish aquaculture is thwarted by global warming, so are its social, environmental and economic benefits.
Published
June 23, 2022

Oyster festival comes to Freeport

The first Maine Oyster Festival will give Freeport residents and guests a chance to sample shellfish from up and down Maine's coast.

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Published
June 23, 2022

State to reimburse 2022 license costs for fishing, aquaculture industries

The state will use $8.3 million in federal funds from the Consolidated Appropriations Act to reimburse the costs of commercial harvesting licenses and some fees.
Published
June 15, 2022

Maine approves $63 million CMP power line upgrade over residents’ objections

Hundreds opposed the upgrade as benefiting a planned land-based salmon farm to be built in Belfast by Nordic Aquafarms, but regulators noted ongoing problems with the aging line.
Published
June 8, 2022

FocusMaine appoints biotech advocacy leader as new president

The industry-funded workforce development group has chosen Dana O'Brien, a longtime biotech advocate, who will start June 15.
Published
May 27, 2022

Frenchman Bay salmon farm developer sues state for spiking its lease application

The Portland company, funded by Norwegian investors, proposed raising 66 million pounds of Atlantic salmon annually and operating a fish processing plant.
Published
March 18, 2022

Planned Maine salmon farm closes on land for project in Belfast

Nordic Aquafarms wants to build a $500 million salmon farm in land-based tanks in Belfast.