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Edward French

2019

Illegal cutting of rockweed in Cobscook Bay alleged

Allegations of illegal rockweed cutting in Cobscook Bay -- with harvesters not obtaining the permission of the upland property owners -- have again brought the issue to the fore and raised questions about whether rockweed companies are following the Maine Supreme Judicial Court decision last...

2019

Documentary film Dawnland wins an Emmy

Denise Altvater of Sipayik had taken off her high heels and put on her slippers, after looking at all of the "great documentaries" that the film Dawnland was competing against for an Emmy Award at Lincoln Center in New York City on September 24.

2019

Animal advocacy group alleges abuse of fish at Cooke hatchery

The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry is investigating a complaint made by a Washington, D.C.-based animal advocacy nonprofit that salmon at Cooke Aquaculture's hatchery in Bingham in western Maine are being abused.

2019

Opening of Campobello mail at border crossing raises concerns

Some Campobello Island residents are concerned that in recent weeks their mail, which is sent from the Canadian mainland by Canada Post by a bonded carrier to reach the island, is being opened and searched when it crosses the U.S. border at the U.S.

2019

Farmed fish escape off Deer Island stirs debate

The escape of approximately 1,000 farmed salmon from a cage site off Deer Island has again increased tensions between wild salmon advocates and fish farmers.

2019

Eastport city manager tenders resignation

Eight months into the job, Eastport City Manager Ross Argir has decided to return to his previous work as an attorney. He tendered his resignation notice at the special Eastport City Council meeting held on Wednesday, September 4, with his last day to be November 3.

2019

Fishermen and regulators spar over whale rules

Lobster fishermen sparred with fishery regulators and conservationists over proposed rules to limit endangered right whale entanglements in fishing gear during an August 12 meeting at the University of Maine at Machias.