Maritime

DEER ISLE — Long Cove Sea Farms has applied to renew its lease to grow and harvest oysters for an additional 20 years and to add four seaweed varieties: horsetail kelp, winged kelp, dulse and nori.

The lease area is 2.45 acres, with winter seaweed cultivation to occur on up to 85 percent of the lease, according to the application owner Abigail Barrows submitted to the state Department of Marine Resources.