FREE PRESS • May 19, 2020
Maine Board of Environmental Protection will hold a deliberative session Wednesday, May 20, and Thursday, May 21, on applications by Nordic Aquafarms for four permits required for its proposed land-based salmon farm in Belfast. The facility would produce 33,000 metric tons of Atlantic salmon to be sold in Northeast U.S. markets. Nordic says this will help solve a supply shortage while reducing the industry’s carbon footprint. Opponents argue that the project is the latest in a history of industrial developments that have left a legacy of pollution in Penobscot Bay.