Cobscook Bay Ecology Series: Truth Tellers with Don Staniford and Trey Angera (Hybrid event)

Join us to learn more about the unique ecology of our beautiful bay and the rights we have as citizens to participate in shaping marine policy and governance. Speakers and experts from around Maine and the wider world present on topics of relevance as communities and regulators evaluate the plans for expansion by Cooke Aquaculture.

Speakers:
Don Staniford is an activist who documents the environmental violations of salmon farms on the other side of the Atlantic, exposing malpractice, disease, cover-ups, fish escapes and other poor practices that are routine in the salmon industry. He believes in the time-honored tradition of corporate whistleblowing and direct action—not a professional cameraman, just a committed citizen who has found that the films he makes have been a profoundly effective method for forcing action when polluters go too far. He’ll talk about the findings, the work, the response and the legal battles underway in Scotland.

Trey Angera has spent decades as a corporate lawyer inside of various food business including working with Green Wave, one of the first to popularize the concept of IMTA Integrated Multitrophic Aquaculture. He brings this perspective to his work co-leading Springtide Seaweed in Gouldsboro Maine, the largest seaweed farm, seaweed nursery and seaweed research exchange in the state. He has an incisive and informed critique of conventional aquaculture practices in Maine waters and is quick to identify and expose falsehoods and greenwashing. His writing at Maine Seaweed Exchange reliably punches holes in the “normative discourse” where investor money clouds reality of Maine’s developing seaweed economy. From urchins and scallops feeding on benthic effluent from salmon pens, to the carbon footprint and dirty secrets of so called “win-win” aquaculture operations, he doesn’t hesitate to speak truth to power.

The Cobscook Bay Ecology Speaker Series, hosted by Greenhorns and Downeast Salmon Federation in Washington County, is a community gathering that brings together neighbors, fishermen, scientists, and local leaders to learn about and celebrate the remarkable ecology of Cobscook Bay and the greater Downeast coast. Through thoughtful conversation and shared learning, the series explores how industrial open net-pen salmon farming affects our waters, while empowering our community with the knowledge needed to care for the health of our bay and the working waterfronts that sustain us.

Venue

Lubec Memorial Library

55 Water St. Lubec, ME

ZOOM Info:

Topic: Cobscook Bay Ecology Speaker Series

Time: Jun 12, 2026 01:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81163216238?pwd=r0Csqcr4ajWQfvetk78Y61UkC3tOeY.1

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Passcode: 423229

The Cobscook Bay Ecology Series, hosted by Greenhorns and Downeast Salmon Federation in Washington County, is a community gathering that brings together neighbors, fishermen, scientists, and local leaders to learn about and celebrate the remarkable ecology of Cobscook Bay and the greater Downeast coast. Through thoughtful conversation and shared learning, the series explores how industrial open net-pen salmon farming affects our waters, while empowering our community with the knowledge needed to care for the health of our bay and the working waterfronts that sustain us.