MAINE PUBLIC • February 12, 2020
A Norway-based company's proposal to build a land-based salmon farm in Belfast has been the topic of heated debate in the midcoast city for two years. Now Nordic Aquafarms is entering a high-stakes phase of the project, as state regulators consider its permit requests. The permits would allow Nordic Aquafarms to discharge effluent into Belfast Bay, to draw water from local sources, and to disturb wetlands for construction of the proposed 850,000-square-foot facility. More than 100 people turned out in Belfast Tuesday night for a public hearing on the proposal, held by the state's Bureau of Environmental Protection.