Department of Marine Resources offering comment period on aquaculture application in Falmouth

The Department of Marine Resources (DMR) Aquaculture Division has notified the Town of Falmouth of a pending aquaculture lease application for a 3-year lease to a four-acre site located south of Clapboard Island and proposed to be operational between November 1 and June 1. The application is attached. Also, attached is a graphic outlining the experimental lease application process.

The DMR offers a public comment period during which interested persons may submit written comments or requests for a public hearing on this application.  A hearing is optional unless DMR receives five or more written requests during this comment period. 

View the application at www.maine.gov/dmr/aquaculture/leases/pending/index.html

Questions regarding the application should be directed to the applicant. Contact information for the applicant can be found in the attached application.

Comments or requests for a public hearing should be directed to the Department of Marine Resources at DMRaquaculture@maine.gov or DMR, Attn: Aquaculture Division, 21 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0021. The deadline for comments is 4:00pm on May 14.