Maritime Shorts
Oyster lease approved
BAR HARBOR After a multi-year application process that was further hampered by COVID-19, the Maine Department of Resources has approved a 10-year standard aquaculture lease for a 3.36-acre site in Western Bay. Matt Gerald of Western Bay Oyster Co. has been farming the site under a limited purpose aquaculture lease obtained in 2015. The site is near the head of Mount Desert Island, south of Old House Cove in Western Bay and near Windaway Lane. Gerald will cultivate oysters year-round using suspended and bottom culture techniques.
DEP grant awarded
MOUNT DESERT Maine voters approved a bond package in 2018 that included $5 million dollars for infrastructure improvements at municipal stream crossings.