Nov. 9, 2026
Good News!
WE ARE HIRING
Protect Maine’s Fishing Heritage Foundation (PMFHF) is hiring. We are looking to add to our staff in Downeast Maine with a contracted position. We are looking for a mission-driven, passionate person who understands that foreign ownership of Maine waters is not a benefit to the state. To apply please email us a letter of interest at Protectmaine@gmail.com
PMFHF In Washington D.C.
Protect Maine was in Washington recently meeting with the Commerce Department regarding industrial scale aquaculture and foreign ownership. The meeting revolved around how much money is being sent out of country regarding both salmon and oyster aquaculture.
Interestingly, the DC aquaculture lobby is represented by the same person who is the executive director of the Maine Aquaculture Association. The national industrial scale aquaculture representative is the same person who is advocating for keeping lobstermen and women out of the USDA loan program. This piece was sent to the Ellsworth American and is awaiting publication. You can read it here first on our website.
“If anyone still wonders whether the aquaculture industry is working alongside Maine’s traditional fishing industry, a recent fight over federal lending offers a telling example.”
The President of Protect Maine’s Fishing Heritage Foundation, Rock Alley and Beals lobsterman Jason Faulkingham submitted this op/ed on foreign corporations leasing the Maine waters in the Press Herald.
Read Foreign Corporation and Maine Waters
Excerpt: “…this case raises a basic question for Maine: Who should carry the risk when a private corporation is given access to a public resource?
Ordinances
If your community is looking to enact an ordinance, please listen to this latest podcast. Aga Dixon, attorney at Drummond Woodsum, Beals selectboard chair Glenda Beal and Protect Maine’s President Rock Alley talk about why it is necessary, how the state has failed to protect the Maine water and what you can do about it.
Protect Maine podcast -How your community can protect its waters.
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Sincerely,
The Board of Directors
Rock Alley, President
Adam Ulrickson, Secretary
Dan Guimond, Treasurer
* Protect Maine welcomes our newest board member, Andrea Faulkingham from Beals. *