BANGOR DAILY NEWS • October 30, 2024
Construction permits that Whole Oceans obtained in 2019 to build a land-based salmon farm in Bucksport have now expired, according to town officials. Whole Oceans, which is owned by Iowa-based pork producer Dale Reicks, was the first of multiple large-scale fish farms that were proposed for Maine to obtain all of its needed permits. But like the other proposals, some of which have since gone defunct, it has yet to break ground to build anything. Now, it will have to go through the town’s planning board review, and get new permits, if it wants to move ahead with the project.