PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • January 10, 2024
The newspaper’s update on Nordic Aquafarms fish farm, (“Nordic reaffirms commitment to $500 million Belfast fish farm,” Jan. 2) asks whether Nordic is redesigning the project altogether to avoid future hurdles. Good idea. Nordic could start by moving to an existing industrial infrastructure, instead of destroying 55 acres of mature forest, wetlands and wildlife habitat. And, where its massive power needs wouldn’t need a ratepayer-funded grid expansion. And, where the city of Belfast wouldn’t seize private property with a dubious eminent domain action. Yes, redesigning Nordic’s ill-conceived plan would help, but sometimes a project should just be scrapped altogether. ~ Lawrence Reichard, Belfast