American Aquafarms to submit fresh Maine application

American Aquafarms is to drop its lawsuit against the state of Maine over the company’s plan to build a large closed-net pen salmon farm in Frenchman Bay, which the authorities rejected. The company intends to press on with the $300m (£245m) project, however, by submitting a fresh and presumably revised application. In April Patrick Keliher,…

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Norway set to hold new fish farm auction

The Norwegian government is embarking on  further expansion of its aquaculture industry with a new salmon farm permit auction next month. The Ministry of Trade and Industry has told companies that they can start to sign up for this year’s event, which follows an earlier fixed price sale,  which will be held on 27 September.…

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