Since mid-October in 2020, American Aquafarms has sought to raise 66 million pounds of Atlantic salmon off Bald Rock Ledge and Long Porcupine Island in Frenchman Bay.
The Department of Marine Resources (DMR) has told Gouldsboro officials that their draft aquaculture licensing ordinance exceeds the town’s regulatory authority.
GOULDSBORO Selectmen will hold a special town meeting Monday, Dec. 13, to get voters’ OK to transfer up to $100,000 from unappropriated surplus to the Selectmen will hold a special town meeting Monday, Dec. 13, to get voters’ OK to transfer up to $100,000 from unappropriated surplus to the town’s legal reserve account. The $20,000 budgeted for legal services this fiscal year has nearly been spent due in part due to American Aquafarms’ plan to make the Maine Fair Trade facility its base for a Frenchman Bay salmon farm.