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Articles on Blue Hill Bay

Friends of Blue Hill Bay Unveil Map Revisions, Ellsworth American,
March 20, 2008

Aquaculture Ad Misrepresents Issues, Written by DMR Commissioner George Lapointe, Ellsworth American, October 4, 2007

Re: The Long Island Aquaculture Lease, Letter to the Editor by Erick Swanson,, Ellsworth American, October 4, 2007

Long Island Beach Clean-Up Report, FOBHB, July 21, 2007

DMR Schedules Public Hearing, Ellsworth American, September 14, 2006

Residents Discuss Bay Management, Bangor Daily News, March 17, 2005

Blue Hill Bay Salmon Farmer Turns to Mussels, Ellsworth American, December 15, 2004

Lapointe's Salmon Farm Decision Challenged, Ellsworth American, November 24, 2004

Regulator Proposes An Approval and a Denial for Salmon Farm

Salmon Sites Get Tentative Approval

Hearing Probes Salmon Farm Business Deals, Ellsworth American, January 20, 2004

Articles on Aquaculture

Friends of Blue Hill Bay, DMR Square off in Mussel Farm Case,
Ellsworth American, March 13, 2008

Meeting on Blue Hill Bay Mussel Farm Attracts Large, Unhappy Crowd,
Ellsworth American, October 4, 2007

DMR Schedules Scoping Meeting For Second Mussel Farm,
Ellsworth American, September 13, 2007

Mussel Farmer Proposes To Expand Business, Ellsworth American,
July 19, 2007

Clammer Earns Approval For Goose Cove Experiment, Ellsworth American,
July 12, 2007

Mussel Farm Could Face Revocation of New Lease, Ellsworth American,
July 5, 2007

Blue Hill Mussel Farming Battle Heads to the Courtroom, Ellsworth American, June 28, 2007

Proposed Findings of Fact, State of Maine, Department of Marine Resources, May 01, 2007

Midnight Mussel Mania, Ellsworth American, March 01, 2007

Rep. Schatz Bill Add Hurdles to Permitting Process, Ellsworth American, February 22, 2007

Heritage Salmon Seeks Buyer, Ellsworth American, February 24, 2005

Mussel Bound: PEI's Success Yields Lessons, Ellsworth American, January 13, 2005

Maine Bay Management Pilot Projects Start, Ellsworth American, September 15, 2004

Aquaculture Lease Rules

Aquaculture Project

Maine Marine Aquaculture

Maine Seeks Aquatic Reforms, Blethen Maine Newspapers, Inc., March 28, 2004

Mussel Farmers Compromise, Submerge Rafts 10 Feet, Ellsworth American, April 5, 2004

Report Applauds Aquaculture

Stolt, UMaine; Partners in Cod Farm

Submerged Rafts Key in Aquaculture Plan, Bangor Daily News, March, 19, 2004

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Articles on Salmon Farming

Salmon Virus Indicts Chile's Fishing Methods, by Alexei Barrionuevo in
The New York Times, March 27, 2008

Atlantic Salmon Closure Leaves Town In A Pinch, Bangor Daily News, December 8, 2004

Atlantic Salmon Has New Owner, April 2, 2004

Besieged Salmon Farm Up for Sale, The Associated Press, March 12, 2004

New Anemia Fades from Salmon Pens

Public Criticizes Two Proposed Salmon Farms

Salmon Aquaculture: Fjord Sells Maine Sites to Cooke, Ellsworth American, April 5, 2004

Waste Permits for Fish Farm Considered

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