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The public hearing for Chapter 8 will be held at 5:00 p.m. on August 30th and will be conducted in-person in Augusta and remotely via Microsoft Teams. If you are planning to participate remotely on August 30th, please use the access information below.
Venue details for the public hearing and comment deadline for the proposal is available here.
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Those interested in offshore wind development within the Gulf of Maine should be aware that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has released a draft Fisheries Mitigation Strategy. The draft document provides high level guidance for mitigating impacts to commercial and recreational fisheries from offshore wind development and was developed in an attempt to provide consistency between offshore wind projects and for equitable treatment of fisheries.
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The Department of Marine Resources has received a draft aquaculture lease application for the following:
Applicant: Goose Island Oysters LLC
Culture Type: Suspended culture (gear on bottom and/or suspended)
Species: Shellfish and Marine algae
Town: Harpswell
Waterbody, General Description: Middle Bay; West of Upper Goose Island
Lease Size and Term: 10.4 acres, 20 years