Bill To Protect Maine's Aquaculture Sector Scuttled After Critics Say It Would Stall Development

MAINE PUBLIC • April 20, 2021

The Legislature's Marine Resources Committee on Tuesday roundly rejected a bill that was pitched as protecting the state's growing aquaculture sector. Critics who turned out for a hearing last week said the measure would actually stall the development of small-scale aquaculture farms that are creating new economic opportunities in the changing Gulf of Maine.