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Opponents say the proposal threatens local jobs in fishing and tourism and harm the environment. Advocates say large-scale farming of Atlantic salmon would help keep working waterfronts working as wild fisheries decline.

The lobstermen's concerns include the potential for lost fishing ground, increased fishing pressure on adjacent grounds, lost gear, navigational conflicts and water pollution.

A trustee for Carlos Rafael has stymied a mulitmillion dollar deal that was set to close in April, according to Blue Harvest and Quinn Fisheries.

American Aquafarms pushed back this week against the concerns outlined in the letter.

Voters in the town of Gouldsboro, the state of Maine on the US Atlantic coast have placed a moratorium on large-scale fish farms until at least the next boreal spring. The vote took place during a special town meeting.

Circulation models by academic oceanographers predict that fish waste could stay in the bay. But the company’s new CEO last week said the operation would produce healthy fish without impacting the seabed.

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CEO Keith Decker said the proposed closed-pen system in Frenchman Bay is an “opportunity to set a new standard.” Acadia National Park has called the industrial-scale proposal unprecedented in Maine and incongruous with the setting.

American Aquafarms has named Keith Decker, the current CEO of Blue Harvest Fisheries, as its new CEO.

The search was suspended after combing 1,444 square nautical miles, the Coast Guard said in a tweet.