ASSOCIATED PRESS • January 17, 2022
There is an active aquaculture industry in Maine, where farmers grow oysters, mussels, seaweed and other seafood items. The Maine Department of Labor says it will work with Gulf of Maine Research Institute in Portland to establish the apprenticeship program. The effort is part of the results of a $500,000 federal grant to GMRI. The program will focus mostly on rural parts of the state such as Knox and Washington counties.