Guest column by Robin Hadlock Seeley, PhD, executive director of the Maine Rockweed Coalition: Supporting the working waterfront means supporting fishery habitat. Rockweed, our local seaweed along low tide shorelines, is a vital commercial fishery ... Read More
Commentary
The Working Waterfront, “Rockweed study not accurately explained” (2/1/24)
This Op-Ed by David Porter provides more context for the University of Maine study and the university's press release: Rockweed is a slow-growing, wild seaweed on the rocky coast of Maine. It is highly valued as a commercial fertilizer and debates ... Read More
Letter in the Ellsworth American, “Up for Grabs” (1/6/24)
"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
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