Monday, April 2, 2012

Former Navy site considered by salmon farmers

Palom Aquaculture LLC a Connecticut startup company is applying to the town, State and Federal officials for permits to build and operate a land based salmon farm on a former navy site in the village of Corea. A partner in the firm Brian Woods said " that local officials have given their initial approval to the proposal but are waiting to receive design blueprints for a building that would be on-site before they issue a building permit".
The fishing village of Corea, Maine on the southeastern part of the Gouldsboro Peninsula
Woods said "Palom is planning to acquire two lots where the Navy used to have an antenna, which was known locally as the “elephant cage,” that was used as part of operations at Schoodic Point before the base shut down in 2002. Hundreds of acres of surrounding land are part of the US Fish and Wildlife Service’s Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge. Read more ...

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