BANGOR DAILY NEWS • May 19, 2025
Seven years after it was proposed and amid growing doubts about its future, the backers of a land-based fish farm in Bucksport say they are still discussing a project there. Whole Oceans, which initially planned to produce 20 metric tons of Atlantic salmon annually on the site of the town’s former paper mill, let its local building permits expire last year. Since then, there has been skepticism about whether a facility will still be built and if the company will stay in town. Local officials recently said they were preparing for the possibility of the company selling its property or scaling down the proposal significantly. But Whole Oceans says it is not departing Bucksport and it still plans to build in town.