BUCKSPORT — A company planning New England’s first indoor salmon farm in Maine has received the final permit required before construction.
Whole Oceans plans to build the facility in Bucksport along the Penobscot River on the site of a former paper mill.
Town Manager Susan Lessard says the local government will meet with company engineers to review construction plans.
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Unlike some other fish farm proposals that have come to Maine in recent years and gotten bogged down by legal and other challenges, the Bucksport project was unique in that it faced minimal opposition along the way. …
A planned land-based Atlantic salmon farm in Bucksport intends to start pre-construction work on its land at the former Verso paper mill this spring, some of the first work at the site since the massive project got approvals in 2019. …
There are a number of steps remaining before the company planning a $250 million indoor salmon farm in Bucksport breaks ground on its facility on part of the former Verso Paper mill site. …
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