This research has quantified anecdotes from lobstermen who have seen smaller egg-bearing females show up in their traps and it also lines up with the average size of egg-bearing females in other sea sampling programs conducted by DMR.
Sorrento resident Lynn Stone questioned American Aquafarms’ mindfulness of the community and coastal environment given that the company’s foreign owners don’t live locally or have a personal stake or any “real skin” in the venture. She challenged the company to partner with the state’s Downeast communities on a low-impact, sustainable model for fish-farming. “We need to build a community in Maine, where everyone is together to care for our environment,” Stone said.
The exact measures to ensure this reduction have yet to be determined and are expected later this year, but conservationists have heavily criticized the 10-year timeline, which they argue is much too slow and not in line with rules under the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
The Discovery Wharf in downtown Stonington will be open to the public starting June 22. The interpretive center will have a limited schedule and a new reservation system.
Maine Coast Heritage Trust is embarking on a project to help smooth over the two rough patches in the journey to restore the fishway and get alewives back into the pond to spawn.
The DEP denied the certification in March 2020 “because there is a reasonable assurance” that continued operation of the dams “will violate applicable state water quality standards” in both Graham Lake and in the Union River above the Ellsworth dam.
Scallops are big business in the U.S. The species makes up the fourth most valuable fishery in the country, bringing in $572 million domestically in 2019.
In 2019, salmon raked in $707 million while lobster landings came in at $668 million. In the 2018 report that was released last year, salmon was ranked No. 3, with $598 million; lobster was No. 1 with $684 million.
Farm President Evan Young plans to grow oysters on the sea bottom on parcels south and southeast of the island, leaving a navigational channel in the deeper water. Because Tightrope will be growing these oysters directly on the bottom, there would be no gear involved beside marker buoys.
High winds and waves caused the boat to immediately start taking on water, said Marine Patrol Officer Thomas Reardon. The boat was also having trouble with its steering and went on to submerge, he said.
“It makes sense to be thinking regionally,” said Allen Kratz, a member of the Brooksville Sea Level Rise and Climate Change Committee who helped plan the peninsula-wide climate change conference. “The ocean doesn’t respect municipal boundaries.”
The 582-page document creates a four-phase approach to cut down on the death and injuries of the critically endangered whales in the fishing grounds managed by the federal agency, though it does not specify measures on how that would be achieved and has no regulatory effect.
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