BAR HARBOR — Three years after Carter Newell submitted a lease application to the state’s Department of Marine Resources (DMR) to quadruple his existing 8-acre lease in Frenchman Bay, citizens
BAR HARBOR — Three years after Carter Newell submitted a lease application to the state’s Department of Marine Resources (DMR) to quadruple his existing 8-acre lease in Frenchman Bay, citizens
The push for tighter controls around aquaculture, particularly fish farms, has been led by the Protect Maine’s Fishing Heritage Foundation. The nonprofit has visited towns up and down the coast and presented the moratorium as an option.
“I support what they are doing. They have a ways to go. I think it’s worth following through,” Prospect Harbor resident Tim Fisher told the Select Board.