Bell Aquaculture, the nation’s largest yellow perch farm, is planning a $30-million expansion that would create 75 jobs as it diversifies into also cultivating trout and salmon, president Norman McCowan told The Star Press during a tour Monday afternoon.
But the farm, which will produce about 2.5 million pounds of yellow perch, rainbow trout and steelhead trout this year, is facing a potential roadblock.
Bell currently employs more than 50 people at its farm and at its processing facility in Redkey.
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