BANGOR DAILY NEWS • August 12, 2021
Nordic Aquafarms proponents often claim verbal abuse, but absent evidence, it is a disservice to report such claims. I believe Nordic has regularly inflated its jobs number, with no explanation. And many Nordic jobs would go to outsiders, as we locals don’t have the needed expertise. Nordic would minimize its taxes by, among other things, incorporating in Delaware, where it has no operations, and by participating in the Pine Tree Development Zone, a state tax giveaway. There is a threat to local fisheries and lobstering posed by Nordic’s annual wastewater discharge of 2.8 billion gallons. That and Nordic’s destruction of 56 acres of wetlands, wildlife habitat and mature forest right next to the Little River Trail all threaten local tourism, all of which threatens local jobs and tax revenues. ~ Lawrence Reichard, Belfast