The Commissioner has issued a 10-year lease, EASTW CALF, on 28 acres located off the eastern side of Calf Island, between Hardwood and Hall Islands, Eastern Bay, Jonesport to Cooke Aquaculture USA, Inc. of Eastport, Maine for the net pen and suspended cultivation of Atlantic salmon. A feed barge will also be used. The lease must be marked in accordance with U.S. Coast Guard and DMR requirements. Navigation and fishing are prohibited within the mooring grid on the lease site. The use of mobile fishing gear, including but not limited to, drags, dredges, trawls, and seines is prohibited within the lease boundaries. No person or gear is permitted to make physical contact with any equipment on the lease site or to gain access to the fish on the site without prior authorization from Cooke Aquaculture USA, Inc. or its authorized representatives. Other public uses that are not inconsistent with the purposes of the lease are allowed by the lease statutes, 12 MRS §§ 6072, 6072-A, & 6072-B. FMI:
Aquaculture Hearing Officer, DMR, 21 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0021; 207/624-6567; hannah.dean@maine.gov.
May 6, 2016
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