Dispute over $500 million Belfast fish farm moves back to state agency
Both sides now say a suspension of Department of Environmental Protection permits makes sense while legal fights continue.
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Both sides now say a suspension of Department of Environmental Protection permits makes sense while legal fights continue.
BELFAST – In an April 7 news release, the Norwegian-owned company Nordic Aquafarms said that it has asked the Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection to pause its permit deadlines. “This pause will allow the courts to fully adjudicate the issues...
The company received its state permit approvals in the fall of 2021.
Restoration and protection efforts will sustain and strengthen our local fishing economies, cultures and marine ecosystems.
The proposed salmon-raising facility in Belfast got a setback when the Maine Supreme Judicial Court issued a ruling that sorts out who owns a parcel of intertidal land.