BANGOR DAILY NEWS • August 18, 2021
Opponents of Nordic Aquafarms filed both a motion for a preliminary injunction and a lawsuit this week against the city of Belfast in response to city councilors’ unanimous decision to use eminent domain to get an easement across a piece of disputed mudflat. The new filings, unconnected to a prior legal action, were the latest volleys in a fight that began not long after the Norwegian-owned company announced its plan to build a $500 million land-based salmon farm near the Little River in Belfast in early 2018. The company has received all of its federal, state and local permits to begin construction and operate its plant. But a lawsuit over the contested ownership of the intertidal land where Nordic wants to place its intake and outfall pipes has yet to be decided.