BANGOR DAILY NEWS • August 4, 2022
Two weeks after local voters decided not to adopt a temporary ban on aquaculture development, the Jonesport planning board is reviewing Kingfish’s application to build a large fish farm off Route 187. The proposal has created local divisions between supporters who want economic development and opponents who think it will hurt the environment and have an adverse impact on the town. Kingfish Maine, a Dutch-owned firm, wants to develop a $110 million land-based fish farm for growing yellowtail on a 94-acre lot next to Chandler Bay. Kingfish has received the state and federal permits it needs, though an appeal of its state DEP approval filed by Sierra Club of Maine, the Roque Island Gardner Homestead Corporation and Eastern Maine Conservation Initiative is being heard Thursday morning by the state Board of Environmental Protection.