BELFAST — Nordic Aquafarms, Inc., has filed a complaint against the City of Belfast, as well as Jeffrey Mabee, Judith Grace and the…
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BELFAST – In an April 7 news release, the Norwegian-owned company Nordic Aquafarms said that it has asked the Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection to pause its permit deadlines.
“This…
PORTLAND — In a decision dated Feb. 16, the Maine’s highest court vacated a Waldo County Superior Court judgement concerning intertidal…
Thursday, Sept. 8
PORTLAND — Thursday morning, Sept. 8, attorneys representing the City of Belfast, state government, private citizens and Nordic Aquafarms…
Nordic Aquafarms, Inc., announced today a change in the Norwegian company’s U. S. leadership.
Brenda Chandler,…
BELFAST — In a Feb. 18 news release, the City of Belfast said that Maine’s Office of Attorney General had dismissed its claim against the city concerning waterfront property and the Nordic…
cites noncompliance with state statute
BELFAST — Saying a privately held conservation easement that spans an intertidal zone on the shores of Penobscot Bay remains valid, Maine…
Maine’s first commercial aquaculture permit was granted to Ed Meyers in 1975. Known as the “…
Belfast Council to discuss Water District real estate transaction with Nordic Aquafarms this evening
The Belfast City Council will meet at 7 p.m. this evening, April 21, to act on real estate transactions with the…
‘Final timetable will be set once we have these issues resolved, but we plan to start later this year’
BELFAST — Despite another round of discussion at the Belfast Zoning Board of Appeals March 12 meeting as to whether the nonprofit Upstream Watch attained standing to contest the city’s permitting…
BELFAST — Upstream Watch, a nonprofit dedicated restoring the Little River, which empties into Penobscot Bay in Belfast, will be arguing Feb. 18 before the Belfast Zoning Board of Appeals as to…
Opponents plan to appeal Belfast Planning Board approvals, as well
BELFAST — While Belfast City Hall and the privately-held Nordic Aquafarms, Inc., announce the Dec. 22 Belfast Planning Board approval of Nordic’s indoor salmon raising venture, opponents have…
The proposed $500 million Nordic Aquafarms aquaculture project scheduled for the Midcoast continues to face controversy over land rights associated with laying saltwater intake and wastewater…
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Board of Environmental Protection to begin deliberating over Nordic Aquafarm’s indoor salmon project
Maine’s Board of Environmental Protection begins its deliberations over the permit applications of Nordic Aquafarms, LLC. That company hopes to construct a large-scale indoor salmon breeding…
AUGUSTA — Since last June, when the Maine Board of Environmental Protection agreed to take over permit review of the…
At issue: Nordic Aquafarms outflow pipe path
PORTLAND — Belfast residents Jeffrey Mabee and Judith Grace have filed a complaint in U.S. District Court in Portland against their neighbors Janet and Richard Eckrote, alleging that the Eckrotes…
One university, nonprofit, business not recommended by BEP staff
AUGUSTA — On Aug. 15, the Maine Board of Environmental Protection will decide whether to agree with environmental agency staff on recommendations of who should be granted intervenor status in the…
Ownership of intertidal zone, industrial pipes at issue
BELFAST — The Norwegian company working to build a large-scale land-based salmon farm in Belfast is facing a second lawsuit filed in Waldo County Unified Court. …
‘Plaintiffs have not met their burden on this issue’
BELFAST — Judge Robert Murray decided in favor of the City of Belfast July 10 in a case that was filed almost one year ago by two Belfast residents who had appealed to Waldo County Superior Court…
BELFAST — As the lawsuit against Nordic Aquafarms, Inc., the City of Belfast, and other parties-in-interest continues the slow procession through the legal system,…
AUGUSTA — The Maine Board of Environmental Protection agreed June 20 to assume licensing jurisdiction over the application of Nordic Aquafarms to site a salmon-raising enterprise in Belfast. That…
applicant and environmental watchdog also want BEP oversight of process
AUGUSTA — The Maine Board of Environmental Protection will consider a request to assume licensing jurisdiction over the application of Nordic Aquafarms to site a salmon-raising enterprise in…
Meeting tonight
BELFAST -- Nordic Aquafarms, Inc. will hold a Public Information Meeting, this evening, March 26, at 6 p.m. at the Hutchinson Center, 80 Belmont Ave in Belfast. The…
BELFAST — A status conference convened lawyers for all the parties involved in the…
BELFAST — The City of Belfast and the Belfast Water District have filed separate responses to the …
Planning board hearing Aug. 15
BELFAST — Citing improper municipal process and failure to follow citizen participation procedures, two Belfast residents filed a complaint against the city, and cite the Belfast Water District…
BELFAST — An informational session about a Norwegian company’s plan to build one of the world’s largest land-based salmon farms was held at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center February 21…
Upon completion, expected to supply 8 percent of annual U.S. salmon consumption
BELFAST —A large group gathered at the Hutchinson Center Tuesday morning to hear Governor Paul LePage announce a major economic development that is targeting Belfast. A Norwegian…
