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The Belfast City Council voted to withdraw its decision to seize a parcel of mudflats, which it had done in part to guarantee Nordic Aquafarms had access to Penobscot Bay.

BELFAST — According to a TV report aired Monday night, May 6, city attorney Kristin Collins told News Center Maine that even if the citys eminent domain order is revoked,

Despite legal setbacks in 2023, the Norwegian aquaculture developer insists it is staying the course with its proposed 55-acre land-based salmon farm.

Despite legal setbacks in 2023, the Norwegian aquaculture developer insists it is staying the course with its proposed 55-acre land-based salmon farm.

The Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands, part of the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, on Sept. 7 rescinded its September 2020 decision to grant Nordic a submerged lands

Nordic Aquafarms needs the two leases in order to lay pipes for the proposed land-based salmon farm.

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that a local conservation group had the right to challenge a permit for a controversial aquaculture facility in Belfast. The permit will now return to the city for review.

One of the court challenges involves the City of Belfast's eminent domain seizure of the intertidal zone in the Little River Reservoir.

The revision, approved almost a year ago, gave the company another 18 months to start construction on its proposed land-based fish farm.

The city is asking the opponents to dismiss the lawsuit.