Aquaculture in Maine

Welcome to the Department of Marine Resources Aquaculture home page. This page is designed to provide the public, applicants, and leaseholders with useful and accurate information about marine aquaculture in Maine.

NEW!  Aquaculture License REQUIRED for all aquaculture lease- and LPA license-holders in order to harvest and sell product from site.  Please follow link below for additional information:

AQ License Summary - pdf

Upcoming Public Meetings, Hearings, and Scoping Sessions:

• Aquaculture Advisory Council Meeting – November 29, 2018 – Augusta
• Aquaculture Lease Hearing - Mere Point Oyster Company, LLC, Brunswick, Maine – November 15, 2018 – Brunswick, Maine
• Aquaculture Lease Hearing - Jodi Brewer, Southport, Maine – November 26, 2018 – Southport, Maine
• Aquaculture Lease Hearing - Justine Simon, Chebeague Island, Maine – December 4, 2018 – 192 North Road, Chebeague Island, ME
• Aquaculture Lease Hearing - Georgetown Aquaculture, LLC, Georgetown, Maine – December 10, 2018 – 52 Bay Point Road, Georgetown, ME

How You Can Participate

---

For more information, also see:

• DMR Aquaculture Staff Contact Information
• Conducting Aquaculture in Maine - PDF file, 4 pages
• Aquaculture Advisory Council

Please see the links below or to the left for information on:

• What is Aquaculture?
• Applications and other forms
• Annual harvest data
• Aquaculture laws and regulations (Chapter 2)
• Pending lease applications
• Aquaculture Map and Lease Inventory (Pending and Current)
• Public participation in aquaculture leasing
• Reports, newsletters, publications, and issue papers