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Aquaculture Update
Recent Updates in Area Aquaculture
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Fisheries Update
Recent Fisheries Updates
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Ocean Energy Update
Recent Ocean Energy Updates
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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
Maine Finfish Aquaculture Violates Clean Water Act ,
New York Times , September 13, 2009
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
Maine Seeks Aquatic Reforms, Blethen Maine Newspapers, Inc., March 28, 2004
Mussel Farmers Compromise, Submerge Rafts 10 Feet, Ellsworth American, April 5, 2004
Stolt, UMaine; Partners in Cod Farm
Submerged Rafts Key in Aquaculture Plan, Bangor Daily News, March, 19, 2004
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