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Bayside residents fight aquaculture lease
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Wed, 15 January 2003 09:30
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Hearings on an aquaculture lease for a mussel raft off the small Northport community of Bayside were held earlier this month (Jan. 2003), but comments will still be accepted through the end of January. At issue is the conversion of an experimental three-year permit for a three-acre lease to a permenant one encompassing 100 acres. For more details, go to http://www.baysidemaine.com/mussel_farm_issue.htm
This issue is part of a larger effort at reforming Maine's aquaculture laws and permiting process, which hinges on the environmental impact of aquaculture pens and rafts, the hazards they pose to navigation, and their aesthetics. A proposed reform bill was shelved for the second time in March of 2002. More details: http://www.penbay.org/aqnoreform.html
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