Friends of Schoodic Peninsula

05/21/2023

https://schoodicrising.org/

Our mission KEEPING IT LOCAL
• Provide support for sustainable economic development on
land and sea
• Protect Working Waterfront and access
• Preserve our surrounding waters and quality of life

The Maine Fair Trade site, purchased by American Aquafarms to use as a large-scale industrial salmon processing factory, is in foreclosure and up for auction on Thursday June 15th at 11am. This is a window of opportunity for us to step in as a community. In addition to our colleagues at Gouldsboro Shores organizations that are advising Schoodic Rising and supporting our efforts are:

https://www.seameadow.org/
https://www.ceimaine.org/
http://www.conservationfund.org/
http://www.tidalbayconsulting.com/

Schoodic Rising is a not-for-profit organization under IRS section 501(c) (3)

We are a nonprofit organization located on Maine's Schoodic Peninsula with a dual mission of protecting surrounding waters by safeguarding existing fisheries and preserving the historic character of the peninsula by promoting sustainable economic growth for the benefit of our community. 

03/21/2023

https://theqsjournal.substack.com/p/update-state-agencies-lobbyists-oppose?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

This version corrects a misspelling and percentage of carbon budget in Maine, and adds that DECD Commissioner Johnson is a board member of Maine & Co.

02/17/2023

From the Quietside Journal-important article.

BELFAST, Feb. 16, 2023 - The five-member Maine Supreme Court announced today it has ruled unanimously against a proposed land-based salmon farm here on every count of an appeal by citizens groups. The court over-turned five lower court rulings to settle ownership of mudflats over which Nordic Aquafa...

01/23/2023

FYI in case you missed this https://islandinstitute.buzzsprout.com/1086872/11580601-working-waterfronts-gouldsboro?fbclid=IwAR1JKIKogpCz97PUEyoUtoy0EoDkE2OgYSCKpj9fj11I8J3zQXnpVgN2XDQ

A historic fishing town with over 50 miles of coastline, Gouldsboro has been at the center of a divisive controversy for the past two years. In 2020, the Norwegian-backed company American Aquafarms proposed putting two closed-pen salmon farms, tot...

09/26/2022

Important work on a Fin Fish ordinance is happening at Gouldsboro Planning Board meetings, taking place on the first and third Tuesdays each month at the town office. Please stay involved. If you can't attend, Zoom in to meetings using the link on the Gouldsboro town website, share your thoughts with comments on this page or by messaging.

09/09/2022

https://www.ellsworthamerican.com/opinions/company-needs-reality-check/

Dear Editor: Two years ago, “American” Aquafarms announced plans to site an industrial-scale salmon farm in Frenchman Bay. In October of 2019, it came to

09/09/2022

In case you do not know about federal regulations that adversely affect our fishermen

Governor Janet Mills issued the following statement tonight blasting a decision from the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia siding with the National Marine Fisheries Services in Maine Lobstermen’s Association v National Marine Fisheries Service, a lawsuit that challenges Federal regu...

08/30/2022

From a Facebook friend:
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Every home in the U.S. is eligible to order a 3rd round of free at-home tests. Order yours today.

07/23/2022

https://gouldsboroshore.me/2022/07/22/governor-mills-pays-a-visit/

When we talk about the Gouldsboro Shore program's goals, we use two taglines: "Keeping Gouldsboro's shore at the center of the community" and "Keeping ahead of coastal change." Governor Mills' visit gave us a better understanding of what the taglines mean

07/19/2022

Good food, good art, good coffee right here in Winter Harbor!

07/17/2022

From our friends at Chapter Two