Newsletter - September Update from Frenchman Bay United
An Update on the Opposition to American Aquafarms
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- Sep 13, 2021
Maine Voices: Defending Acadia against industrial-scale aquaculture
The nationally significant gift of Acadia National Park will be tarnished if American Aquafarms’ salmon farms are permitted.
- Sep 8, 2021
What Happens in Frenchman's Bay can come to Penobscot next
More than 120 boats ranging from skiffs to lobster boats to expensive pleasure craft and everything in between gathered in Frenchman’s...
- Aug 29, 2021
"Save the Bay Flotilla" draws more than 100 boats
GOULDSBORO — An estimated 125 watercraft — from lobster fishermen to kayakers and sailors — Sunday morning paraded in a great arc...
- Aug 28, 2021
BOAT PARADE TO PROTEST INDUSTRIAL SALMON FARM IN FRENCHMAN BAY
“A Save the Bay Flotilla” to protest American Aquafarms’ proposal to put
30 massive salmon pens in the waters of Frenchman Bay...
- Aug 25, 2021
To The Editor: Salmon Farm Incompatibility
To the Editor:
Aquaculture is an important component of Maine’s working waterfront and new leases are something we rarely oppose – only onc
- Aug 16, 2021
If the Frenchman Bay salmon farm isn’t right for Norway, it’s not right for Maine
The American Aquafarms proposal to put an immense salmon farm near Acadia National Park adds an ironic twist to the term NIMBY —
- Aug 2, 2021
Maine Voices: Stopping American Aquafarms is your fight, too
Agriculture and aquaculture. Both are farming. Both are important to Maine’s future, as more of both are needed to feed a hungry world.
- Jul 23, 2021
Are Sprawling Fish Farms Coming to Swallow Maine?
ON A CHILLY SUNDAY in June, Sarah Redmond steers her pickup outside of an old sardine cannery here in Gouldsboro, Maine, leaps out, and pull
- Jul 16, 2021
Viewpoint: Let’s trust Yankee common sense
As Maine taxpayers for more than 30 years, we believe in protecting the state’s pristine waters and parklands...
- Jul 16, 2021
Acadia has numerous salmon farm worries
ACADIA NAT’L PARK — In a five-page letter to the Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR), Acadia National Park Superintendent...
- Jul 13, 2021
Downeast Salmon Federation Opposes American Aquafarms Frenchman Bay Leases
Commissioner Keliher,
For 40 years the Downeast Salmon Federation has worked with communities to restore Atlantic salmon and their home..
- Jul 3, 2021
Acadia National Park Superintendent's Scoping Session Comments
I am Kevin Schneider, superintendent at Acadia National Park and am here today to speak on behalf of the National Park Service.
- Jun 30, 2021
Opponents of industrial salmon farm near Acadia Nat'l Park urge Int. Sec. Haaland to oppose project
Following a recent visit to the Schoodic section of Acadia National Park by Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, opponents...
- Jun 30, 2021
Meeting fails to quell salmon farm concerns
GOULDSBORO — American Aquafarms last week once again made a case for its $330 million project...
- Jun 21, 2021
Opposition to industrial salmon farm near Acadia grows
(BAR HARBOR, Maine) – With Bar Harbor lobstermen solidly opposing a massive salmon farm proposed for Frenchman Bay...
- Jun 21, 2021
Bar Harbor, Maine seeks intervenor status on American Aquafarms salmon farm
The town council of Bar Harbor, Maine, U.S.A. has filed to seek intervenor status in with the Maine State Department of Marine Resources ...
- Jun 9, 2021
American Aquafarms reps, critics take sides at Gouldsboro park
by Letitia Baldwin GOULDSBORO — The tastiness of the refreshments was the one undisputed topic at a lively, open-air meeting held...
- May 25, 2021
Proposed salmon farm highlights competing visions for future of Maine coast
BAR HARBOR, Maine —
By 2024, American Aquafarms wants to put 30 salmon pens in Frenchman Bay at the foot of Acadia National Park.
- May 18, 2021
Army Corps review of salmon farm requested
Frenchman Bay Conservancy has formally requested that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers conduct an environmental review...
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