Local frustration around a proposed 17-acre aquaculture lease in Middle Bay exemplifies the frequent communication breakdowns between the Department of Marine Resources and the public.
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Court deals blow to $500 million fish farm plans on Midcoast mud flats
The proposed salmon-raising facility in Belfast got a setback when the Maine Supreme Judicial Court issued a ruling that sorts out who owns a parcel of intertidal land.
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Salmon farm could be headed for landlocked Millinocket
A business group has signed a lease for 45 acres at the site of a former paper mill, hoping to construct a high-tech fish farm that relies on recirculated water.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Pilot internship program aims to feed Maine’s growing aquatic farm industry
The aquaculture internship program will initially target students from Maine’s community colleges, starting with the one in Washington County.
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Opportunity, controversy grow for Maine’s aquaculture industry
Many see seafood farming as a vital practice to feed the world, but others take issue with its environmental impacts.
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Maine finds no violations related to salmon farm fish die-off
Cooke Aquaculture, a Canada-based fish farming giant, found thousands of fish deaths in August at sites it operates at Black Island and Black Island South.