American Aquafarms buys shuttered Gouldsboro seafood processing plant

BANGOR DAILY NEWS • May 2, 2022

American Aquafarms has purchased a former sardine cannery in Gouldsboro, indicating the company will likely continue to pursue a salmon farm in Frenchman Bay after being dealt a major permitting setback last month. American Aquafarms has said that it plans to use the 11-acre property in the village of Prospect Harbor for a hatchery and processing facility. Friday’s sale comes less than two weeks after the Maine Department of Marine Resources terminated American Aquafarms’ application to grow salmon in net pens because the company did not have an approved source for salmon eggs. To proceed, the Norwegian-backed aquaculture firm must resubmit a new application,