BANGOR DAILY NEWS • April 12, 2021
There are important questions about American Aquaculture’s lease application for closed pen salmon farming in Frenchman Bay. Along with questionable promises about “emergent technology” preserving the bay from environmental effects, their principle promotional argument is economic. Tax bases of communities around the bay are greatly assisted by summer and tourist populations. This is in addition to traditional small scale marine industries whose existence contributes greatly to the bay’s economic value both on its own and through added tourism. The recreational and tourist industries have great multipliers in the local skilled trades and service economies of Hancock County. The industrial scale and scope of this project are in direct conflict with the economy and environment of Frenchman Bay. ~ Tom Bailey, Sorrento