MAINE The Magazine • June 2021
Seaweed has been grown by aquaculture operators in Maine since the 1990s, but in recent years the farmed crop has become a full-fledged industry. “Ten years ago if you asked me how many seaweed farms were in the state, I would have said one. Now we have over 33 at last count,” says Sebastian Belle, executive director of the Maine Aquaculture Association.