A suit has been filed by three owners of Washington County shorefront property hoping that the court will decide whether the rockweed belongs to the landowner or is part of the public trust and therefore open to harvesting.The suit has been brought against Acadian Seaplants Ltd. a Canadian company that is the largest harvester of rockweed in Maine.

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