Edward French

The beginning of a rockweed harvest in Cobscook Bay this month is again raising concerns among some fishermen, conservationists and landowners around the bay about the impacts on habitat for other species from the cutting of the seaweed resource.

The expected veto of the tribal racino bill by Governor John Baldacci, and the sustaining of the veto by the House of Representatives, will result in a long and costly campaign until the referendum vote in November, according to proponents of the Passamaquoddy Tribe's proposal for a commercial...