"A bill (LD 2003) is now before the Maine Legislature to decriminalize the taking of seaweed (mostly rockweed) from anywhere along Maine’s shores with or without the owner’s permission." Letter by Alan Moldawer, Lamoine. January 6, ... Read More
Commentary
Weekly Packet (1/4/24) – Guest column by John Boit, Penobscot
"Seaweed bill would turn Maine’s coast into 3,000 miles of public land and threaten an ecosystem." Arguments against LD 2003, which would open the intertidal zone to unregulated rockweed harvesting and recreation. The Weekly Packet (Penobscot Bay ... Read More
Letter in the Ellsworth American, “The Truth About Rockweed” (12/14/23)
David Porter, of Brooklin, describes misleading publicity about a recent scientific paper published by researchers at the University of Maine and the Maine Maritime ... Read More
WERU Radio with David Porter, Brooklin (12/27/23)
David Porter introduces the Blue Hill Peninsula Rockweed Forum on Amy Browne's WERU radio show, Around Town, December 27, 2024. He talked about why it is important to conserve wild rockweed, especially in light of a bill introduced in the Maine ... Read More