BANGOR DAILY NEWS • December 24, 2020
The Belfast Planning Board unanimously voted Tuesday night to award Nordic Aquafarms some of the final permits it needs to build a $500-million land-based salmon farm at the southern edge of the city. The decision by the all-volunteer board follows 18 months of deliberation, 38 meetings and the review of some 70,000 pages of materials, and marks one of the final steps in the Norwegian company’s sometimes-controversial quest to launch operations in North America. Nordic Aquafarms still must obtain a federal permit from the Army Corps of Engineers and resolve a land-use court case.