Penobscot Bay's Aquaculture: Filter Feeders and Photosynthesizers only. Remaining issues - consolidation, fishing and navigation space

LOCAL, STATE & FEDERAL LICENSES & PERMITS AFFECTING THE BAY

* AQUACULTURE  Know your bay's nature based aquaculture.  

 The number of algae and shellfish farms in Penobscot Bay has grown markedly in recent years.    And more applicants all the time.  One hopes that a Great Consolidation does not take place  as it did in finfish aquacujlture.  DMR's online clickable map  shows both  existing licensed and leased Maine marine aquaculture sites. The still image extract  below  is  DMR's   most recent map of bayfarms in Penobscot Bay and Bluehill Bay.  

Think of each of those dots as a clean water advocate, with lawful standing  on bay permits of all types that could affect the health of the native  plankton that those  caged filterfeeders MUST  have committed to the sustainment and  betterment  of Penobscot Bay's water quality, to the betterment of their filterfarms and algae farms.

ALIS 318    Amanda Lister Commercial LPA   Sugar Kelp (Saccharina lattisima)

CPRO119  Cynthia Prosser, Commercial LPA    American/Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica), Bay Scallop (Aequipecten irradians), Hard Clam/Quahog (Mercenaria mercenaria)

DMR Aquaculture Staff

DMR’s aquaculture program is facilitated by policy and administration staff in Augusta and scientists at the Boothbay Harbor Lab. Contact information is listed below.  Select a name to find the e-mail address.

• Marcy Nelson,  Aquaculture Program Director (Acting Capacity) 207-441-4681
• Amanda Ellis, Aquaculture Hearings Officer, 207-624-6573
• Erin Wilkinson, Aquaculture Hearings Officer, 207-530-1001
• Cindy L. Burke, Paralegal Assistant, 207-624-6567  *  
• Flora M. Drury, Marine Scientist, 207-633-9531
• Cheyenne Adams, Marine Scientist, 207-441-8515

SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS  

INDUSTRIAL  DISCHARGES 

AQUACULTURE  / RENEWALS

LAND DEVELOPMENT  APPLICATIONS, 

AQUACULTURE APPLICATIONS / RENEWALS

Friends of Penobscot Bay Aquaculture Oversight

At present there are no fish aquauaculture operations in Penobscot Bay 

1. SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS  DISCHARGE LICENSES & OUTFALLS

OVERSIGHT.  Each STP  must:  

* Obtain and renew Maine MEPDES pollution licenses (Available online and at request)

* Submit  Monthly  Discharge Monitoring Reports.  (Available online includes agency response)