MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM • October 20, 2024
A Maine scientist is raising the alarm that Casco Bay could become a “bioinvasion hotspot” after finding three new invasive species in three years. Thomas Trott, a marine ecologist who lives in Biddeford, in a recent study tied their arrival to an increase in international shipping. And while the three species in question don’t spell ecological disaster, Trott believes they’re a harbinger of damage that could befall the bay if more ships come to Portland and there aren’t better safeguards in place.