PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • April 17, 2024
Belfast City councilors voted 4-1 on Wednesday night to reverse their decision to seize a piece of land needed to build a controversial land-based salmon farm that would be one of the largest in the world. Nordic Aquafarms, the Norwegian developer behind the $500 million project, said it needs that land — a parcel of mud flats — to install pipes to pump water in and out of Penobscot Bay. The company thought it owned that property until a Waldo County Superior Court ruling in February 2023 determined it actually belonged to a neighboring couple that opposes the fish farm. Without a guarantee to the land, it is unclear whether Nordic Aquafarms can move forward