i say why can't they stay in nova scotia and kill there fisheries,oh wait they all ready done that.

Why don't they farm this? It can easily be seeded and farmed in a bay specifically for this purpose. Why do they need to destroy natural habitats?

WELL, HOW ARE THEY GETTING PAST HOMELAND SECURITY??????? AND WHILE YOU ARE AT IT, YOU CAN STOP THE MAINE MARITIME AND UNIV OF SO MAINE FOR ALSO EXPLOITING OUR COASTLINE!!! WHERE ARE THOSE PROFESSORS FROM????

Exactly right bowman, now there on a mission to take down ours

Questions to be asked: What is this Canadian company have filed with a numerous # of agencies? With EPA, CIS, CBP, etc. If they have petioned to be a business through a parent US company it maybe ok, and plus tehy have from what the article says, US workers, not any Canadian worker. There is a lot of unturned info in this atricle, that if it were in there may shed more light on the validity of this type of endeavor.

Teart down YOUR houses and businesses while your at it. Your domiciles and jobs have been disturbing the natural habitat for centuries. People, get a clue and a mind. And just what we don't need more of is out of state interference from places like Cornell. Educated idiots. Talk a good show but try common sense and they go all to peices. Get a grip and smarten up, folks.

Very desperate people want to destroy the last of the Ocean in Washington County. The Ocean has been raped since day one, the white man came here from Europe. All of the fisheries have been raped and destroyed now they want to destroy the sea weed that produces our oxygen to breath. Pathetic people live in Washington County.

I have spoken to local Mainers who already harvest rockweed and would greatly appreciate having access to more of this under-utilized resource in Cobscook Bay, rather than seeing profits going to a Canadian company. At least, if it were managed by a Maine company, it could be held more accountable to and be more sensitive to the concerns of Maine lobster and scallop fishermen, and written or, even, unwritten ecological standards. Considering that current Maine harvesting jobs might be affected by an immediate moratorium, that might not be entirely necessary, but quick decisions and regulations will have to be implemented to reduce the negative impacts, if any, of continued harvesting in the meantime. In my view, watershed and coastal conservation and resource development issues should always be determined locally whenever possible.

is washington county where the indians reservation is??? i am not sure of my geography?

canada stay on your side of the ocean. This ours. Leave and nerver return without any componsation for the Natvive people. We have had enough stolen from us now you want our ocean too.And allways keep in mind, if you own land, SAY'' THANK YOU TOO AN INDIAN

Thats right and you sold it for a hand full of Beads

If you think the scallop fishery is on the brink, just allow ACADIA SEAPLANTS another year or two of unrestricted, unmonitored "harvesting" and you can be assured that it will be extinct for the rest of the forseeable future. Last year's harvest was a debacle, with harvesters working on closed, officially designated no-harvest areas such as private registered landowners, federal and state land, etc. Acadia seaplants uses the old tried-and-true strategy of "devide and conquer" -- they hire local people, such as the former high-school biology teacher cum professional biologist (as he calls himself) to "manage" the harvest of the resource. Untrained locals are then paid to go out and get the stuff, and believe me get it they do. Washington County should be ashamed of itself for not protecting its own resource, and I blame the DMR and the spineless politicians lloking only at the short term economics such as Sen. Raye.

AND NOW THEY WANT TO SELL IT FOR BEANO AND CASINOS???? WHAT AN INTELLIGENCE LINE......

We built our vacation home in Down East Maine for several reasons, especially the clean water throughout the area. We often go to the Pembroke boat launch to view the wildlife and lookout over the water. What a disappointment to see discolored water and weed debris floating throughout the area. I wonder where the small fish hide with not enough coverage, can this affect the ultimate chain of fishing?