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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.
Published
February 3, 2022

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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Published
January 2, 2022

As Maine’s climate changes, scallop farming offers optimism

Automation technology and farming techniques borrowed from more mature scallop fisheries as far away as Japan are giving some seafood harvesters a glimpse of a potentially profitable future.
Published
December 20, 2021

Maine Voices: Aquaculture project does not belong in Downeast Maine

The proposed salmon farm uses in-water pens that have been banned elsewhere.
Published
December 12, 2021

The oyster savers: The mollusks filter water, protect against storms and taste amazing. Restoring their habitat is a no-brainer

Many stakeholders are participating in a project to restore natural oyster beds to a tidal inlet of the New Meadows River near Phippsburg.
Published
November 7, 2021

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.
Published
September 27, 2021

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.