The Rising Tide By John Boit The Blue Hill Peninsula Rockweed Forum recently sent The Rising Tide a video showcasing rockweed, the ubiquitous algae that looks like a plant and grows up and down the coast of Maine. The Rockweed Forum was founded by ... Read More
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Local scientists raise concerns about commercial rockweed harvesting (12/2/25)
Article in the Mount Desert Islander Local scientists raise concerns about commercial rockweed harvesting By Rebecca Alley Dec 2, 2025 BLUE HILL PENINSULA — Local scientists are raising concerns about the lack of research regarding the ... Read More
Letter: Effects of prolonged rockweed harvesting are not well studied (11/25/25)
Published in The Rising Tide: By David Porter and Allison Snow - In a scientific review article published this month in the Journal of Marine Science and Engineering–and for which we were both among its co-authors–biologists working in Maine ... Read More
Can seaweed be organic? (5/30/2025)
The answer depends on who you ask. Maine Monitor article by Julia Tilton. https://themainemonitor.org/can-seaweed-be-organic/ ... Read More
The art of seaweed on display at Blue Hill Co-op (5/1/25)
Ellsworth American Under the sea: The art of seaweed on display at Blue Hill Co-op for month of May By Jennifer Osborn Apr 28, 2025 Arts & Living BLUE HILL — Seaweed has been inspiring artists for an age and then some, from Shibata ... Read More
Acadian Seaplants closes Maine rockweed operations (4/30/25)
Canada-based Acadian Seaplants closed its Maine operations earlier this month Maine Public | By Carol Bousquet Published April 30, 2025 at 6:12 PM EDT Robin Hadlock Seeley Rockweed in Cobscook ... Read More
Working Waterfront, “A life in seaweed” (2/14/25)
Commentary from wild seaweed harvester Larch Hanson, Maine Seaweed (theseaweedman.com), in Gouldsboro Bay The Working Waterfront https://www.islandinstitute.org/working-waterfront/a-life-in-seaweed-seen-from-inside/ A life in ... Read More
Rockweed harvesting raises local concerns. . . (11/12/24)
This article also appeared in the Ellsworth American on 11/13/24. ... Read More
Stronger regulations needed for rockweed harvesting (10/29/24)
The following letter was submitted to the Portland Press Herald from David Porter and Allison Snow. "We are writing in response to the Oct. 15 letter by Jake Patryn, Acadian Seaplants’ director of operations in Maine (“Rockweed industry backs ... Read More
Maine’s high court hears oral arguments in beach access case (10/10/24)
Article in the Portland Press Herald. Video of oral arguments available here. ... Read More