Norwegian-owned Nordic Aquafarms has received a key permission from California authorities for its planned land-based RAS facility raising yellowtail kingfish in northern California.
The permit for Nordic Aquafarms' salmon farm in Belfast will return to the city for review after a court ruled in favor of a local conservative group that had been denied the right to challenge it.
The Maine, U.S. Department of Environmental Protection suspended two permits essential to the installation of Nordic Aquafarms' salmon aquaculture recirculation system (RAS) in Belfast.