BANGOR DAILY NEWS • June 29, 2022
In less than 10 minutes Monday night, the handful of voters at Cutler’s special town meeting passed a moratorium on industrial-scale aquaculture, halting any local approvals on large aquaculture projects for the next 180 days. The small coastal town is one of a growing number of fishing communities Down East leery of fish farms that are looking to tighten their local regulations. Machiasport, Beals, Winter Harbor and Gouldsboro have all passed moratoriums similar to Cutler’s since last fall. Addison is supposed to vote on a moratorium next week and Jonesport recently received a citizen’s petition for a moratorium that’s expected to go before voters later this year.