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Cobscook Bay Rockweed Management Area

Please note that some of these links will take you to PDF files that may require Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader software (download here free) to view or print.  Please contact Pete Thayer if you require an alternate format.

Background Information

• Rockweed informational brochure, PDF file, 4 pages, 2.1 MB
• Research Priorities Symposium, February 10, 2010
• Maine Seaweed Council
• 2009 announcements from DMR deputy commissioner David Etnier to the seaweed industry
• State of Maine Legislature, LD 345 as amended, "An Act To Regulate the Rockweed Harvest in Cobscook Bay", June 2009

2013 Harvest Plans and Sector Allocation

• Harvest sector allocation table (PDF file, 1 page)
• Acadian Seaplants Limited, Mar. 1, 2013, pdf file, 4 pages, 166 kb
• North American Kelp, Feb. 28, 2013, pdf file, 6 pages, 303 kb
• James Young, Feb. 28, 2013, pdf file, 5 pages, 323 kb

2012 Harvest Plans and Sector Allocation

• Harvest sector allocation table, updated 7/6/12 (PDF file, 1 page)
• Acadian Seaplants Limited, Mar. 1, 2012, pdf file, 4 pages, 182 kb
• Patrick Driscoll, Feb. 29, 2012, pdf file, 5 pages, 1.3 MB
• George Harris Jr., Feb. 29, 2012, pdf file, 5 pages, 1.3 MB
• North American Kelp, Feb. 24, 2012, pdf file, 6 pages, 145 kb
• Cullen Williams, Feb. 29, 2012, pdf file, 5 pages, 1.3 MB
• James Young, Feb. 24, 2012, pdf file, 6 pages, 146 kb

2011 Harvest Plans

• Acadian Seaplants Limited, Mar. 1, 2011, pdf file, 3 pages, 145 kb
• Patrick Driscoll, Feb. 25, 2011, pdf file, 5 pages, 1.4 MB
• George Harris Jr., Feb. 25, 2011, pdf file, 5 pages, 1.4 MB
• North American Kelp, Feb. 25, 2011, pdf file, 6 pages, 139 kb
• Cullen Williams, Feb. 25, 2011, pdf file, 5 pages, 1.3 MB
• James Young, Feb. 25, 2011, pdf file, 5 pages, 134 kb

2010 Harvest Plans

• Acadian Seaplants Limited, Apr. 12, 2010 tonnage by sector summary, pdf file, 1 page, 15 kb
• Acadian Seaplants Limited, Feb. 18, 2010, full plan, pdf file, 31 pages, 1.4 MB
• Patrick Driscoll, Apr. 20, 2010, pdf file, 5 pages, 1 MB
• George Harris, Apr. 20, 2010, pdf file, 5 pages, 1 MB
• North American Kelp, Mar. 12, 2010, pdf file, 6 pages, 469 kb

2009 Harvest Plans

• Acadian Seaplants Limited, June 17, 2009
• North American Kelp/George Harris, Jr., June 24, 2009

2009 Harvest Sectors, Allocations, and Harvest Limits

• Sector and conservation areas map, October 14, 2009, jpg file, 1 page, 505 kb
• Harvest sector allocation table for 2009, June 17, 2009, pdf file, 1 page, 19 kb
• Estimated biomass and 2009 harvest limits table for Acadian Seaplants Ltd and North American Kelp/George Harris Jr., revised August 23, 2009, pdf file, 1 page, 37 kb

Maine Seaweed Buyer License Application

Reports

• Evaluation of short-term changes in rockweed (Ascophyllum nodosum) and associated epifaunal communities following cutter rake harvesting in Maine - Trott & Larsen, May 2010, pdf file, 33 pages, 727 kb
• Also see the presentations at the research symposium, Feb. 10, 2010

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