Overview:

The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC), under Addendum IV to the Interstate Fisheries Management Plan for American Eel, allows states to annually submit an aquaculture plan requesting up to 200 pounds of glass eels from within their waters for domestic aquaculture facilities, if certain criteria are met. The Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) would like to support Maine based aquaculture businesses that may be interested in utilizing this quota.

Pursuant to 38 M.R.S. §480-D, sub-§9, the Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) is required to provide the Maine Department of Environmental Protection with an assessment of the impacts on the fishing industry of a proposed dredging operation. Gibson Point LLCis proposing to dredge an area behind an existing bulkhead adjacent to 700 Acre Island, off Islesboro, in Penobscot Bay. The project purpose is to ensure safe, all-tide, emergency access to the island.

The Department of Marine Resources (DMR) is holding a public hearing on the aquaculture proposal listed below:

The Department of Marine Resources (DMR) is holding a public hearing on the aquaculture proposal listed below:

Rockport – Department of Marine Resources Commissioner Carl Wilson presen

Augusta – According to preliminary data released by the Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR), Maine’s commercial harveste