BANGOR DAILY NEWS • July 17, 2023
A proposed Atlantic salmon farm could revive a spark that Millinocket lost when the Great Northern Paper mill that sustained it for a century shuttered in 2008. Katahdin Salmon, whose founders are based in Portland, plans to hatch, raise and process salmon in freshwater tanks on the former mill site owned by economic development nonprofit Our Katahdin. Proposals for farmed salmon and yellowfin operations in Belfast and Jonesport, among other towns, have faced pushback due to their size and effects on the environment. In Millinocket, a town that has struggled to map out an economic upturn, town leaders are supportive of Katahdin Salmon’s plans, which are still in the early stages and could bring 80 full-time jobs.