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This page lists lease decisions that have been issued by the Department and allows copies of these decisions to be downloaded as PDF files. PDF files may require Adobe Reader software (download here free) to view or print.
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If you cannot find a particular decision or would like a copy of a lease, please contact DMRAquaculture@maine.gov.
Interactive Lease Data Table: A sortable data table with links to maps is also available here: Standard and Experimental Lease Table
CURRENT ACTIVE LEASE DECISIONS
|
Lease Holder |
Site ID |
Type | Municipality | Year Latest Decision Signed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
EAST LP |
Standard |
Bar Harbor |
2024 | |
|
FREN BI |
Standard |
Sorrento |
2020 | |
| Acadia Aqua Farms, LLC | FLAN WN | Standard | Sorrento | 2021 |
| Acadia Aqua Farms, LLC | EAST HP | Standard | Bar Harbor | 2016 |
| EAST OP2 | Standard | Lamoine | 2025 | |
| PEN SN3 | Standard | Deer Isle | 2015 | |
| BHB GC4 | Standard | Trenton | 2023 | |
| STG DC2 | Standard | St. George | 2025 | |
| PEN CL | Standard | Unorganized Territory | 2025 | |
| EAST TB | Standard | Bar Harbor | 2015 | |
|
SEH PC |
Standard |
Deer Isle |
2024 |
|
| PEN BB | Standard | Northport | 2014 | |
| DAM HI6 | Standard | Damariscotta | 2021 | |
| MAQ BRW | Standard | Freeport | 2020 | |
| SHE EHx | Experimental | Southport | 2019 | |
| PEN SRx | Experimental | Deer Isle | 2020 | |
| PEN SR2x | Experimental | Deer Isle | 2020 | |
| PEN AI | Standard | Stonington | 2023 | |
| CAS MI | Standard | Yarmouth | 2023 | |
| CAS ELMx | Experimental | Yarmouth | 2022 | |
| PHSP NH | Standard | North Haven | 2024 | |
| PHMS NH2 | Standard | North Haven | 2022 | |
| CAS CHx | Experimental | Chebeague Island | 2025 | |
| CAS NLC | Standard | Chebeague Island | 2019 | |
| CAS NLC3x | Experimental | Chebeague Island | 2021 | |
| MEDO HI | Standard | Bremen | 2020 | |
| Cooke Aquaculture USA, Inc. | COB BC | Standard | Eastport | 2017 |
| Cooke Aquaculture USA, Inc. | COB BP | Standard | Perry | 2015 |
| Cooke Aquaculture USA, Inc. | COB CC | Standard | Lubec | 2018 |
| Cooke Aquaculture USA, Inc. | COB DC | Standard | Eastport | 2017 |
| Cooke Aquaculture USA, Inc. | COB HP | Standard | Eastport | 2019 |
| Cooke Aquaculture USA, Inc. | COB JK | Standard | Eastport | 2018 |
| Cooke Aquaculture USA, Inc. | COB LU2 | Standard | Lubec | 2014 |
| Cooke Aquaculture USA, Inc. | COB MI2 | Standard | Eastport | 2022 |
| Cooke Aquaculture USA, Inc. | COB PC | Standard | Eastport | 2017 |
| Cooke Aquaculture USA, Inc. | COB RN2 | Standard | Lubec | 2014 |
| Cooke Aquaculture USA, Inc. | COB SB | Standard | Lubec | 2015 |
| Cooke Aquaculture USA, Inc. | COB TE | Standard | Eastport | 2017 |
| Cooke Aquaculture USA, Inc. | COB TW | Standard | Eastport | 2018 |
| Cooke Aquaculture USA, Inc. | EASTW CALF | Standard | Jonesport | 2016 |
| EASTW SCN | Standard | Beals | 2017 | |
| Cooke Aquaculture USA, Inc. | EASTW SI | Standard | Beals | 2013 |
| Cooke Aquaculture USA, Inc. | MACH CI2 | Standard | Cutler | 2021 |
| Cooke Aquaculture USA, Inc. | MACH CIN | Standard | Cutler | 2017 |
| Cooke Aquaculture USA, Inc. | MACH CW2 | Standard | Cutler | 2018 |
| Cooke Aquaculture USA, Inc. | MACH II | Standard | Machiasport | 2013 |
| Cooke Aquaculture USA, Inc. | MACH ST | Standard | Machiasport | 2017 |
| Cooke Aquaculture USA, Inc. | SWAN BI | Standard | Frenchboro | 2022 |
| Cooke Aquaculture USA, Inc. | SWAN BIS | Standard | Frenchboro | 2022 |
| Cooke Aquaculture USA, Inc. | SWAN HS | Standard | Swans Island | 2014 |
| STG DC1x | Experimental | St. George | 2019 | |
| DAM BP | Standard | Damariscotta | 2022 | |
| MED LIx | Experimental | Friendship | 2024 | |
| Deep Blue Aquaculture, LLC | PEN PI | Standard | Deer Isle | 2025 |
| Dickinson, Christopher | DAM SL | Standard | Newcastle | 2016 |
| Dickinson, Christopher | DAM GL5 | Standard | Newcastle | 2021 |
| Dirigo Marine Resources | CAS RCx | Experimental | Freeport | 2021 |
| Dirigo Marine Resources | CAS MOx | Experimental | Yarmouth | 2024 |
| Dodge Cove Marine Farm, LLC | DAM DPT | Standard | Newcastle | 2023 |
| Dodge Cove Marine Farm, LLC | DAM FTx | Experimental | South Bristol | 2025 |
| Dodge Cove Marine Farm, LLC | DAM HI | Standard | Damariscotta | 2015 |
| Dodge Cove Marine Farm, LLC | DAM HI2 | Standard | Damariscotta | 2022 |
| Dodge Cove Marine Farm, LLC | DAM HI5 | Standard | Damariscotta | 2018 |
| Dodge Cove Marine Farm, LLC | NMR NML | Standard | Brunswick | 2023 |
| Downeast Institute | EAST MHCx | Experimental | Beals | 2021 |
| Downeast Institute | EAST EPx | Experimental | Beals | 2021 |
| Downeast Institute | EAST JPx | Experimental | Beals | 2021 |
| Ehle, Timothy and Lash, Isaac | MUS ECIx | Experimental | Friendship | 2020 |
| George F. Faux, Inc. | DAM GP | Standard | Newcastle | 2024 |
| Green, Christopher | HAR TRx | Experimental | Brunswick | 2024 |
| Ferda Farms, LLC | NMR CI | Standard | Brunswick | 2024 |
| The Flying Place, LLC | FPP BE | Standard | Beals | 2025 |
| Francisco, Peter | NMR EMG | Standard | West Bath | 2020 |
| Francis, Arnold | DYER BP2 | Standard | Steuben | 2024 |
| Francis, Arnold | DYER SB | Standard | Steuben | 2024 |
| Frenchmen Bay Oyster Company | SULL II | Standard | Sorrento | 2021 |
| Gaffney, Michael E. & Mark L. | SAS PI | Standard | Georgetown | 2024 |
| Gay Island Oyster Farm | MED GI | Standard | Cushing | 2015 |
| Georgetown Aquaculture, LLC | SAS RC2 | Standard | Georgetown | 2020 |
| Georgetown Island Oyster Company, Inc | SAS RC | Standard | Georgetown | 2018 |
| Glidden Point Oyster Co. |
DAM JP2 |
Standard | Newcastle | 2018 |
| Glidden Point Oyster Co. | DAM JP3 | Standard | Newcastle | 2021 |
| Glidden Point Oyster Co. | DAM DL2 | Standard | Edgecomb | 2020 |
| Glidden Point Oyster Co. | DAM DL4x | Experimental | Edgecomb | 2025 |
| Glidden Point Oyster Co. | DAM WP | Standard | Bristol & South Bristol | 2023 |
| Gott, Erin | WEB WH | Standard | Wells | 2018 |
| Gray Lauren & Joshua | CI PL | Standard | Cranberry Isles | 2025 |
| Great Ledge Cove Seafood, LLC | CAS CHAN | Standard | Chebeague Island | 2024 |
| Great Ledge Cove Seafood, LLC | CAS LCx | Experimental | Long Island | 2025 |
| Great Ledge Cove Seafood, LLC | CAS LCI3x | Experimental | Long Island | 2019 |
| Green, Christopher | MID WIx | Experimental | Harpswell | 2023 |
| Greer-Tapley, LLC | BAG BH | Standard | Brooksville | 2023 |
| Harraseeket Oyster Co. | CAS SP | Standard | Freeport | 2021 |
| Harvey, Brian | BHB GC5 | Standard | Trenton | 2022 |
| Hassler, Matthew & Robert Willette | SCAR NRx | Experimental | Scarborough | 2018 |
| Heal, Nicholas | PEN DHx | Experimental | Lincolnville | 2025 |
| Heal, Nicholas | PEN DHx2 | Experimental | Northport | 2025 |
| Hermit Island Oyster Company, LLC | CAS CSHx | Experimental | Phippsburg | 2020 |
| Hermit Island Oyster Company, LLC | NMR SPH | Standard | Phippsburg | 2023 |
| Hermit Island Oyster Company, LLC | NMR SPH2 | Standard | Phippsburg | 2023 |
| Heron Island Oyster Company | DAM FC | Standard | South Bristol | 2024 |
| Horne, Eric & Valy Steverlynck | MAQ BR1 | Standard | Freeport | 2014 |
| Henninger, Thomas | CAS BC3 | Standard | Yarmouth | 2022 |
| Henninger, Thomas | CAS LJ3 | Standard | Yarmouth | 2025 |
| High Tide Shellfish Farm | KEN ESI | Standard | Georgetown | 2020 |
| Hunt, Stewart | CAS CI2 | Standard | Yarmouth | 2023 |
| Hunt, Stewart | CAS UBLx | Experimental | Yarmouth | 2021 |
| Hurricane Island Foundation | PEN HIx | Experimental | Vinalhaven | 2024 |
| Islesboro Marine Enterprises | PEN FI | Standard | Islesboro | 2023 |
| Johns River Shellfish, LLC | JOHN NB3 | Standard | South Bristol | 2023 |
| Johns River Shellfish, LLC | DAM BN | Standard | Damariscotta | 2022 |
| Johnson, Ezra, Daniel Johnson, Lincoln Johnson, & Caleb MacDonald | BUR SIx | Experimental | Swan's Island | 2023 |
| Johnson, Timothy | MIDD CI | Standard | Harpswell | 2020 |
| Johnson, Timothy | MIDD BP | Standard | Brunswick & Harpswell | 2023 |
| Joyce, Jason & Joshua | SWAN MPx | Experimental | Swan's Island | 2019 |
| K2 Science, LLC | MUS WHAR | Standard | Friendship | 2016 |
| Knudsen Holdings, LLC | CAS BC2 | Standard | Yarmouth | 2024 |
| BAG SB | Standard | Brooksville, Penobscot & Sedgwick | 2022 | |
| PEN JIx | Experimental | Islesboro | 2024 | |
| PEN MIx | Experimental | Islesboro | 2024 | |
| PEN LD4 | Standard | Deer Isle | 2023 | |
| CAS CB | Standard | Freeport | 2021 | |
| CAS SP2 | Standard | Freeport | 2025 | |
| MAQ PIx | Experimental | Freeport | 2025 | |
| MID GI | Standard | Harpswell | 2024 | |
| MED BP | Standard | Cushing | 2016 | |
| HOG MC | Standard | North Haven | 2024 | |
| CAS RC2 | Standard | Freeport | 2021 | |
| ROY LAM | Standard | Freeport & Yarmouth | 2016 | |
| SHE LE5 | Standard | Newcastle | 2023 | |
| MAQ BRE | Standard | Freeport | 2014 | |
| Martin, Thomas | CAS BIx | Experimental | Falmouth | 2023 |
| PEN WB | Standard | St. George | 2024 | |
| MAQ MP | Standard | Brunswick | 2019 | |
| PEN RBx | Experimental | St. George | 2019 | |
| PEN EIx | Experimental | St. George | 2020 | |
| PEN NIx | Experimental | St. George | 2020 | |
| PEN SLx | Experimental | St. George | 2021 | |
| STG DC3x | Experimental | St. George | 2019 | |
| Moeser, Amanda | CAS LI2 | Standard | Yarmouth | 2021 |
| Mook Sea Farms, Inc. | DAW SW | Standard | South Bristol | 2021 |
| Mook Sea Farms, Inc. | DAM DC | Standard | Damariscotta | 2025 |
| Mook Sea Farms, Inc. | DAM EL3 | Standard | Newcastle | 2016 |
| Mook Sea Farms, Inc. | DAM PI2 | Standard | South Bristol | 2016 |
| Mook Sea Farms, Inc. | DAM PIN | Standard | South Bristol | 2014 |
| Mook Sea Farms, Inc. | DAM PP2 | Standard | Newcastle | 2022 |
| Moosabec Mussels, Inc. | EAST OP | Standard | Lamoine | 2022 |
| Muscongus Bay Aquaculture, Inc. | DAM DP | Standard | Newcastle | 2016 |
| Muscongus Bay Aquaculture, Inc. | DAM GS2 | Standard | Newcastle | 2023 |
| Muscongus Bay Aquaculture, Inc. | DAM HI3 | Standard | Damariscotta | 2024 |
| Muscongus Bay Aquaculture, Inc. | DAM DL3x | Experimental | Edgecomb | 2022 |
| Nautical Farms, LLC | ENG RIx | Experimental | Jonesport | 2022 |
| Nice Oyster Company, LLC | NMR WP | Standard | Brunswick | 2024 |
| Nichols Fisheries | PEN SIx | Experimental | Searsport | 2024 |
| Nonesuch Oysters, LLC | SCAR SRR | Standard | Scarborough | 2015 |
| Norumbega Oysters, Inc. | DAM DU | Standard | Newcastle | 2025 |
| Norumbega Oysters, Inc. | DAM HIS | Standard | Damariscotta | 2015 |
| Norumbega Oysters, Inc. | DAM PPN | Standard | Newcastle | 2022 |
| Norumbega Oysters, Inc. | DAM MIx | Experimental | South Bristol | 2021 |
| Norumbega Oysters, Inc. | DAM MIx2 | Experimental | South Bristol | 2025 |
| Ocean's Balance, Inc. | CAS CIx | Experimental | Long Island | 2018 |
| Ocean Resources, LLC | JORD TL2 | Standard | Trenton & Lamoine | 2022 |
| Pemaquid Mussel Farms, LLC | DAM CC2 | Standard | South Bristol | 2024 |
| Pemaquid Mussel Farms, LLC | EAST GL | Standard | Bar Harbor | 2023 |
| Pemaquid Oyster Company, Inc. | DAM CC3 | Standard | South Bristol | 2024 |
| Pemaquid Oyster Company, Inc. | DAM GL2 | Standard | Damariscotta | 2023 |
| Pemaquid Oyster Company, Inc. | DAM GL3 | Standard | Newcastle & Damariscotta | 2018 |
| Peters, Eric | DAM NP | Standard | Damariscotta | 2015 |
| Petit Manan Seafood | PINK PS2 | Standard | Steuben | 2018 |
| Pine Point Oyster Company, LLC | SCAR ERR | Standard | Scarborough | 2020 |
| Pinkham, Randy | PHB CPx | Experimental | Steuben | 2024 |
| Pinkham, Randy | PHB CP2x | Experimental | Steuben | 2024 |
| Pleasant Cove Oyster Farm | DAM PC | Standard | Boothbay | 2022 |
| Putnam, Beth | CAS NECx | Experimental | Chebeague Island | 2022 |
| Putnam, Jeff | CAS ECx | Experimental | Chebeague Island | 2022 |
| Quahog Bay Conservancy | QHB SIx | Experimental | Harpswell | 2019 |
| Quahog Bay Conservancy | HARP DH | Standard | Harpswell | 2024 |
| Salt of the Earth Seafarm, LLC | PEN BIx | Experimental | Deer Isle | 2025 |
| Schoodic Sea Farm, LLC | GBB MP | Standard | Gouldsboro | 2022 |
| Schroeder, Jeffrey | SGR TCx | Experimental | St. George | 2024 |
| Shearwater Ventures, LLC | CAS ELC | Standard | Chebeague Island & Long Island | 2021 |
| Shearwater Ventures, LLC | CAS LOx | Experimental | Chebeague Island | 2024 |
| Sokoloski, Victor A. | PHB CP3x | Experimental | Steuben | 2024 |
| Sokoloski, Victor A. | PHB CP4x | Experimental | Steuben | 2024 |
| Southern Maine Sustainable Shellfish LLC | YOR YRx | Experimental | York | 2024 |
| Sparta, Kenneth Curtis | CAS CR | Standard | Freeport | 2024 |
| Spinney Creek Shellfish, Inc. | PISC SC | Standard | Eliot | 2025 |
| Springtide Seafood LLC | FREN STA2 | Standard | Gouldsboro | 2019 |
| Summit Point, LLC | CAS LBx | Experimental | Chebeague Island | 2023 |
| Summit Point, LLC | CAS LB2x | Experimental | Chebeague Island | 2023 |
| Summit Point, LLC | CAS SI2 | Standard | Cumberland | 2020 |
| Taunton Bay Oyster Co., Inc. | TAUN HB4 | Standard | Franklin | 2025 |
| Taunton Bay Oyster Co., Inc. | TAUN SB2 | Standard | Hancock | 2020 |
| Tightrope Seafarms, LLC | BHB SP | Standard | Blue Hill | 2024 |
| Tightrope Seafarms, LLC | BHB SP2 | Standard | Blue Hill | 2021 |
| Train, Stephen | CAS LCI4x | Experimental | Long Island | 2020 |
| Tripp, Krista | WES BC | Standard | South Thomaston | 2020 |
| Unicorn Oyster | DAM PP3x | Experimental | Bristol | 2025 |
| University of Maine | DAM LW2x | Experimental | South Bristol | 2025 |
| University of New England | SACO RIx | Experimental | Saco | 2022 |
| Watson, Terry | MOR SPx | Experimental | Phippsburg | 2019 |
| Weskeag River Shellfish Farm, LLC | WES UR | Standard | South Thomaston | 2024 |
| West, James and Springtide Seaweed, LLC | FREN PI4 | Standard | Sorrento | 2022 |
| Western Bay Oyster Company, LLC | BHB OHC | Standard | Bar Harbor | 2021 |
| Whiskey Stones, LLC | HARP LHx | Experimental | Harpswell | 2023 |
| Wild Ocean Aquaculture, LLC | CAS BA2 | Standard | Chebeague Island | 2024 |
| Wild Ocean Aquaculture, LLC | CAS CF3 | Standard | Falmouth | 2019 |
| Wild Ocean Aquaculture, LLC | CAS CHEB2 | Standard | Chebeague Island | 2019 |
| Wild Ocean Aquaculture, LLC | CAS LCI2 | Standard | Long Island | 2019 |
| Wild Ocean Aquaculture, LLC | CAS LONG | Standard | Long Island | 2019 |
| Wild Ocean Aquaculture, LLC | CAS BASK2 | Standard | Cumberland | 2019 |
| Wild Ocean Aquaculture, LLC | CAS SI | Standard | Cumberland | 2022 |
| Wilson, David | CAS MBx | Experimental | Harpswell | 2024 |
| Wilson, David | CAS LRx | Experimental | Harpswell | 2024 |
| Winter Point, Inc. | NMR MC | Standard | West Bath | 2022 |
| Wolfe Neck Oyster Company, LLC | CAS LI3 | Standard | Yarmouth | 2022 |
| Yentsch, Carlton | BHB BC | Standard | Boothbay Harbor | 2025 |
| Young, Evan | BHB HI3 | Standard | Tremont | 2018 |
Denied Lease Applications
| Applicant |
Site ID (if applicable) |
Type | Municipality | Year Decision Signed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Experimental |
Waldoboro |
2024 | ||
| Black Stone Point Oyster LLC | Experimental | Damariscotta | 2025 | |
| Coffin, Bailey | Standard | Freeport | 2024 | |
| Coffin, Walter | Standard | Freeport | 2020 | |
| Dewey's Shellfish LLC | Standard | South Bristol | 2025 | |
| DiMauro, Levi | Experimental | Freeport | 2024 | |
| The Maine Mariculture Company, LLC | Standard | Unorganized Territory | 2017 | |
| F/V 11th Hour Inc. | Experimental | Searsport | 2025 | |
| Gerber, Caitlin | Experimental | Yarmouth | 2025 | |
| Hassler, Matthew and Willette, Robert | Experimental | Scarborough | 2018 | |
| Hooper, Jason and Molly | Experimental | Unorganized Territory | 2020 | |
| Johns River Shellfish, LLC | JOHN NB3 | Amendment | South Bristol | 2020 |
| Johns River Shellfish, LLC | JOHN NB3 | Expansion | South Bristol | 2024 |
| Marass and Odlin | NMR EMG2 | Transfer | West Bath | 2021 |
| Mook Sea Farms, Inc. | DAM EL3 | Amendment | Newcastle | 2020 |
| Portland Oyster Company, LLC | Experimental | Cape Elizabeth | 2019 | |
| Portland Oyster Company, LLC | Experimental | Cape Elizabeth | 2019 | |
| Portland Oyster Company, LLC | Experimental | Scarborough & Cape Elizabeth | 2019 | |
| Stuart, Ryan | Experimental | Freeport | 2024 | |
| Saltwind Seafarm, LLC | Experimental | Scarborough | 2020 | |
| Schroeder, Jeffrey | Experimental | St. George | 2025 | |
| Sea Stuff, LLC | Standard | Chebeague Island | 2020 | |
| Simon, Justine | Experimental | Chebeague Island | 2019 | |
| Springtide Seaweed, LLC | FREN STA2 | Amendment | Gouldsboro | 2021 |
| Taunton Bay Oyster Co. Inc. | TAUN SB2 | Amendment | Hancock | 2020 |
| Tripp, Krista | WES BC | Expansion | South Thomaston | 2024 |