The answer is floating in the Bay.

• Position: Maine - Bay management - Brief Article

In recent years, CLF has encouraged the state of Maine to implement a comprehensive bay-wide planning and management program ("Bay Management") for its coastal waters. The current management scheme is struggling to keep up with increasing development pressures and growing competition among new industries, like aquaculture, and other recreational and commercial activities. Maine needs to institute forward-looking programs based on strategic planning to ensure that the state's precious coastal resources remain healthy.

CLF has had great success promoting Bay Management and increasing public awareness of the need for such a system. In April, the Maine legislature passed a bill supported by CLF that moves Bay Management another step forward by requiring a detailed evaluation of Bay Management by Maine's...