MAINE PUBLIC • November 16, 2021
Voters at a special town meeting in Gouldsboro Monday night voted overwhelmingly to impose a moratorium on the development of large-scale commercial fish farm infrastructure in town. The vote is a measure of opposition to a proposal for a big salmon farm in Frenchman Bay, within a few miles of Acadia National Park. Backed by Norway-based investors, the "American Aquafarms" project would rely on shoreside facilities in Gouldsboro for packing and shipping product and handling waste from at-sea fish pens. "The company has said initially that they need community support. They clearly do not have it,” said Jacqueline Weaver, a board member with Friends of Frenchman Bay United.