OPINION: Private Ownership of Rockweed is Better for Maine Fisheries Than Public Ownership
In the March 28 BDN article about the Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruling on rockweek, Acadian Seaplants President Jean-Paul Deveau laments the 7-0 vote declaring intertidal rockweed the property of the intertidal landowner. He calls it “extremely unfortunate for an entire industry and Maine’s economy,” and calls Acadian’s harvest “sustainable.” As plaintiffs in the case, we disagree.
Maine’s growing rockweed industry actually increases pressure on fisheries and wildlife already in decline from overfishing, invasive species, pollution and climate warming...
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