Whole Oceans LLC, salmon tankfarm plan. 2024 and the 2018 - 2019 backstory

2018 and 2019 Penobscot BayBlog entries  on Whole Oceans LLC

Recent

Recent news: BDN 4/22/24: Bucksport salmon farm still isn’t under construction 5 years after approval

2018 

3/20/18  Whole Oceans Presentation Audio  3 mp3s  36 min total

6/28/18.  ME land-based salmon farming. Businesses, State & Federal officials involved

7/7/18  Whole Oceans pollution discharge application online. Importance of chemical biosecurity.

11/22/18  Whole Oceans' DEP  permit approved  11/22/18

12/17/18  River protector Holly Faubel appeals WO's DEP permit Pt1...Pt2 Appendices

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2019

1/3/19  Notice of Appeal of WO permit by Holly Faubel

1/17/19 Faubel appeal dismissed w/o hearing on standing grounds 

2/1/19  Maine's NGOs tell DEP the pros & cons of Nordic/Whole Oceans land-based aquaculture plans.

5/18/19 FOAA results  re Bucksport & Whole Oceans Jan 2018 - May 2019

5/24/19  Maine's Land Based Aquaculture sent back to the sea. DMR pleased.

9/25/19  Sentinel tests of Bucksport sediments for mercury (5pg pdf)    Testing by Maine Environmental Laboratory   https://penbay.org/aq/whole_oceans/mel_rpt_092519_mercury_tests.pdf

12/12/19 Bay Group calls for health advisory labeling of RAS salmon raised in mercury tainted waters

 Documents

Whole Oceans DEP permit 2018

Bucksport  January 3 - January 28

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Appeals and Letters

LBA bill of 2019

A  bill that I had introduced in 2019   by Belfast State Rep Janice Dodge.  Require cumulative impact study when more than  one  Land Based Aquaculture  operation  gets proposed in a  single waterbody. (a bay or reach of a river)

1.	LD 620, HP 448,129th Legislature	An Act Regarding Licensing of Land-based Aquaculture Facilities
	Bill & Fiscal InformationPrinted LD PDFLD Quick ViewWord Document

CLICK HERE for testimony for and aagainst  LD620

Penobscot Bay and River: 2019 legislative efforts to slow unbridled land based aquaculture in those waterbodies.

 

* LD 620 An Act Regarding Licensing of Land-based Aquaculture Facilities    Bill Status &  filed testimony  Public hearing February 28, 2019.  Got ONTP  March 12, 2019 

* LD 1241 An Act To Improve Survival Rates of Salmon and Other Migratory Fish Transitioning from Freshwater to Saltwater Environments   Bill status & testimony

Rockland Harbor Mgmt Plan Ad Hoc Committee minutes July 25, 2018 to Dec 19, 2019

Ad-Hoc Harbor Management Plan Committee « Minutes

 

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