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Aquaculture Public Hearing - Islesboro Marine Enterprises
Town Office of Islesboro
150 Main Road
Islesboro, ME 04848
Tuesday, November 15, 2022, 12:00 PM EDT
Category: Aquaculture

Aquaculture Public Hearing - Islesboro Marine Enterprises, Inc.

Date: November 15, 2022

Time: 12:00 p.m.

Location: 150 Main Road

Town: Islesboro

Applicant Name and Lease Type

Islesboro Marine Enterprises, Inc.

☐ Experimental Lease

☒ Standard Lease

Culture Type

☐ Bottom culture

(No gear)

☒ Suspended culture

(Gear on bottom and/or suspended)

Species

☒ Shellfish        ☒Marine algae         ☐Finfish                           ☐Other

General Location, Town

Northeast of Flat Island, Penobscot Bay, Islesboro

Acreage Requested

6.17

Lease Term Requested

20 years
       

Schedule of proceedings:

  1. Registering to Participate

Anyone wishing to attend the hearing remotely or in-person is asked to register. Persons intending to ask questions of the parties or testify about the proposed lease (“Interested Persons”) must register with DMR to participate in this manner.

Interested persons must register no later than 5:00 p.m. on October 31, 2022. Failure to register may limit your ability to participate in the proceeding.  Persons who are unable to register online or need assistance with the form must contact DMR.

The hearing registration form can be accessed by following this link.

  1. Applying for Intervenor Status

Intervenor applications must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. on October 31, 2022.

Intervenor applications must be requested from DMR at the contact information below. DMR will decide whether to grant intervenor applications five days before the hearing. If you apply for and are granted intervenor status, you become a legal party to the proceeding.

  1. Hearing

The hearing will be held as follows:

November 15, 2022, 12:00pm

Town Office of Islesboro

150 Main Road, Islesboro, Maine 04848

If the hearing is postponed or continued it may be held at the same time and location and format listed above on November 17, 2022.  Notice of postponement or a continuance will be posted to DMR’s website.

The hearing will be held in accordance with the adjudicatory proceeding provisions of the Maine Administrative Procedures Act (5 M.R.S.A., ch. 375, subchapter 4).  Any interested person may attend the hearing and registered participants may ask questions of the parties or testify about the effect of the proposed lease.

Address questions to:
Maine Department of Marine Resources
Attn:  Aquaculture Division
21 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0021
(207) 624-6573

[email protected]

For disability accommodations, contact Melissa Macaluso at:

(207) 624-6553, [email protected]; or 877-243-2823, TTY 711

Contact: Melissa [email protected] or 877-243-2823