Environmental group to purchase land once eyed for Belfast salmon farm

Environmental group to purchase land once eyed for Belfast salmon farm

After years of pushback, Nordic Aquafarms abandoned its $500 million project and listed its 54-acre parcel for sale in January.

A conservation group will buy site of failed Belfast fish farm

A local conservation group that opposed the effort to build a salmon farm in Belfast has entered a contract to purchase 54 acres along the Little River where the project would have been located. Nordic Aquafarms first announced its plans for the $500 million fish farm in 2018 and abandoned the project in January after years of opposition and lawsuits from Belfast-area residents. It then put its land up for sale for $2 million.   Upstream Watch, …

Group that sunk Nordic Aquafarms' Maine land-based salmon project to buy site

Move to purchase Belfast site ends one chapter in US land-based salmon farming's most contested projectA Maine conservation group that formed specifically

Conservation group claims victory, buys site of defeated $500 million salmon farm

Conservation group to acquire site of former Belfast fish farm project. A Maine-based conservation group has entered into a contract to purchase the 54-acre site in Belfast that had been slated for a $500 million land-based salmon farm by Nordic Aquafarms. Upstream Watch, which was among the most vocal opponents of the proposed facility, announced [...]

Environmental Group Declares Victory

Upstream Watch will purchase a 54-acre former Nordic site.