The answer depends on who you ask. Maine Monitor article by Julia Tilton. https://themainemonitor.org/can-seaweed-be-organic/ ... Read More
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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
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
Hakai Magazine features rockweed forest (7/5/24)
"Here is a photo of the rockweed forest on the coast of Maine where I live." by David Porter (link to Hakai Magazine with this featured post) ... Read More