BANGOR DAILY NEWS • September 30, 2022
Sorrento voters have rejected a proposal from a not-for-profit group to enact a temporary ban on new aquaculture projects. The 180-day ban was promoted by Protect Maine’s Fishing Heritage Foundation, which has advocated for such moratoriums in several coastal towns as it has organized opposition to an inactive proposal from American Aquafarms to construct a 120-acre floating salmon farm in Frenchman Bay. Other towns that have rejected similar moratoriums include Deer Isle, Hancock, Lubec and Jonesport. Beals, Cutler, Gouldsboro, Machiasport and Winter Harbor are among towns that have adopted 180-day moratoriums on large aquaculture proposals.