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New harvester training coming from DMR (5/13/26)
In 2027, the Department of Marine Resources is expected to require rockweed harvesters to review educational materials and pass an online test, following new legislation passed in March 2026 (S.P. 803 - L.D. 1991). This will be a positive step to ... Read More
Take a 90-second trip to the underwater world of Maine’s rockweed (12/10/25)
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
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