The Dec. 16 lead editorial, “Our View: Aquaculture wrong target for protests,” made a compelling case for new aquaculture projects. Too often arguments around aquaculture are framed by a false dichotomy, whereby we are asked to choose between maintaining our pristine environment and economic development in industries beyond tourism. But new technological developments allow modern […]

Your Dec. 16 lead editorial, “Our View: Aquaculture wrong target for protests,” is misleading and inaccurate. The editorial suggests that corporate aquaculture will “contribute to a lower carbon profile than other methods” in order to feed a hungry world, and it contains a link to the U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit on Aquaculture that applies only […]

Re: “Our View: Aquaculture wrong target for protests” (Dec. 16): Nobody objects to wild salmon – they were plentiful in Penobscot Bay from the time that fishways became mandatory at dam sites until mobile net gear (trawlers and seiners) became ubiquitous in the Gulf of Maine and offshore to the salmon feeding waters near Greenland. […]

Judge Lance Walker, appointed to the federal court by Republican Donald Trump, rejected the claim of Republican Bruce Poliquin to invalidate the election of Democrat Jared Golden to Congress. Walker’s decision, as it should be, was based on his interpretation of the law, not on whatever his political opinions might be. After the controversy and […]