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“We’re looking to chart a course forward here.”

“We’re looking to chart a course forward here.”

SULLIVAN — Oysters, soft-shell clams, quahogs and hen clams bring big money to local economies from their mud flats — $450,000 worth of soft-shell clams landed in Deer Isle in

Oysters, like most living things, don’t follow strict rules of propagation. Stick them in cages or bags on a farm and the spat escapes and settles elsewhere.

Municipalities have no authority to restrict or limit aquaculture leasing or licensing “in, on and under the coastal waters,” but “may have limited jurisdiction for sites proposed in the intertidal

Municipalities have no authority to restrict or limit aquaculture leasing or licensing “in, on and under the coastal waters,” but “may have limited jurisdiction for sites proposed in the intertidal

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Marine harvesters, including wormers, have come to the department with questions about the impact of climate change.

The Maine Department of Marine Resources’ (DMR) Public Health Bureau has hired Meredith White, Ph.D., to lead a department program that supports coastal municipalities and harvesters as they confront climate change in Maine’s nearshore waters. White...

A new center is using cutting-edge artificial intelligence algorithms to forecast ocean activity, from toxic algal blooms to right whale migration, with hopes of benefitting both coastal industries and the environment.