MAINE MORNING STAR / INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS • September 25, 2026
The corporation that owns three salmon farming operations in Eastern Bay—Cooke Aquaculture, a Canadian multinational based in Saint John, New Brunswick—is being sued for business practices alleged to harm the environment, local fisheries and tourism. That’s why Beals Island and a few other Maine towns have recently tried to exert more local control over whether and how aquaculture facilities operate in their waters.