Norwegian company Nordic Aquafarms says it is dropping the controversial proposal for a $500 million, land-based aquaculture operation.

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This story will be updated. Nordic Aquafarms announced Friday that it is ceasing to pursue its plan to build a land-based salmon farm in Belfast. “This decision comes after long-fought legal challenges waged by opposition,” the company said in a statement, adding that it has spent “tens of millions of investment dollars and many years of planning and permitting” the project. The U.S. subsidiary of a Norwegian aquaculture company of the same name…

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Jan 17 – The Norwegian company behind a controversial aquaculture project in Belfast says it is abandoning the plan due to legal issues. The $500 million project, which would have been one of the largest land-based salmon farms in t…

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BELFAST — The Norwegian fish farm company, Nordic Aquafarms, announced it will not continue its efforts to build a fish farm in Belfast, citing continued legal issues with those who have long opposed the project. Nordic announced the decision with a Jan. 17, message  to those who have supported the company since it anounced its intention of building the fish farm in January 2018.

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Jan. 17—The Norwegian company behind a controversial Belfast aquaculture project says it is abandoning the plan because of legal challenges.The $500 million project, which would have been one of the largest land-based salmon farms in the world, has been in the works since 2018. Nordic Aquafarms said it would bring

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