Its discussed in this article. http://www.islandinstitute.org/working-waterfront/%E2%80%8Bpublic-ownership-maine%E2%80%99s-shore-courts-got-it-wrong http://www

Its discussed in this article. http://www.islandinstitute.org/working-waterfront/%E2%80%8Bpublic-ownership-maine%E2%80%99s-shore-courts-got-it-wrong http://www.islandinstitute.org/working-waterfront/%E2%80%8Bp... "1647 Colonial Ordinance enacted by the Massachusetts Bay Colony ceded title to all intertidal land in what would become the state of Massachusetts to upland owners to encourage “wharfing out” (marine commerce)."