PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • November 25, 2022
Industrial-scale finfish farms, or raising fish (usually salmon) in pens or cages to be harvested to be eaten, is a huge threat to our local food system. Not only do these massive operations produce incredible amounts of pollution from chemical flow and fish waste, but they also threaten the clean and healthy waters that Maine fishermen, farmers and lobstermen rely on for their catches. These corporations are eyeing Maine’s waters right now. We have already seen land-based facilities proposed in Belfast and Jonesport, and ocean-based facilities in Gouldsboro with more propositions on the horizon. Now is the time to stand up against these corporations. ~ Erin Bachmeier, Portland