Article in the Portland Press Herald. Video of oral arguments available here. ... Read More
Legal
How rockweed harvesting got tied up in a lawsuit over public beach access (10/4/24)
Article in the Portland Press Herald. ... Read More
BDN Letter – Beach access case and rockweed harvesting (7/16/24)
"I think focusing attention on beach access is a classic distraction away from the plaintiffs’ desire to have unfettered commercial access to Maine’s underwater rockweed forest." Letter by David Porter in the Bangor Daily News July 16, ... Read More
Legislators voted against LD 2003 (1/11/24)
Legislators voted against LD 2003, a bill that would have opened Maine's intertidal zone to rockweed harvesting without permission of the upland property owner. On January 11, 2024, the Marine Resources Committee unanimously voted Ought Not to ... Read More
Maine Monitor, “Illegal rockweed harvesting cases dismissed in court” (1/13/24)
"James Young had faced two charges of harvesting rockweed in closed conservation areas and two charges of theft for harvesting rockweed without the permission of the upland landowner." "Young’s license was suspended for a year by the commissioner ... 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