Whole Oceans LLC, salmon tankfarm plan. 2024 and the 2018 - 2019 backstory

2018 and 2019 Penobscot BayBlog entries  on Whole Oceans LLC

Recent

Recent news: BDN 4/22/24: Bucksport salmon farm still isn’t under construction 5 years after approval

2018 

3/20/18  Whole Oceans Presentation Audio  3 mp3s  36 min total

6/28/18.  ME land-based salmon farming. Businesses, State & Federal officials involved

7/7/18  Whole Oceans pollution discharge application online. Importance of chemical biosecurity.

11/22/18  Whole Oceans' DEP  permit approved  11/22/18

12/17/18  River protector Holly Faubel appeals WO's DEP permit Pt1...Pt2 Appendices

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2019

1/3/19  Notice of Appeal of WO permit by Holly Faubel

1/17/19 Faubel appeal dismissed w/o hearing on standing grounds 

2/1/19  Maine's NGOs tell DEP the pros & cons of Nordic/Whole Oceans land-based aquaculture plans.

5/18/19 FOAA results  re Bucksport & Whole Oceans Jan 2018 - May 2019

5/24/19  Maine's Land Based Aquaculture sent back to the sea. DMR pleased.

9/25/19  Sentinel tests of Bucksport sediments for mercury (5pg pdf)    Testing by Maine Environmental Laboratory   https://penbay.org/aq/whole_oceans/mel_rpt_092519_mercury_tests.pdf

12/12/19 Bay Group calls for health advisory labeling of RAS salmon raised in mercury tainted waters

 Documents

Whole Oceans DEP permit 2018

Bucksport  January 3 - January 28

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Appeals and Letters

Land based salmon aquaculture trend webinar April 27, 2021

 On April  27, 2021 Undercurrents News held a webinar  Dissecting the land-based aquaculture trend.

Start with introductions. Then host Matt Craze  summarizes the state of LBA,   A discussion of the sustainble trophic LBAs .What biotech is up to.   Then listen to the the struggle between East and West:  the Asian model:  investing in  small farms that grow inexpensive species, affordable to rich and poor alike vs the West's AQ strategy of   growing and peddling its elitist 11 dollars a pound salmon fillets. Salmon will feed the world!"  Don't be ridiculous!

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1 Introduction of speakers 5min 34sec

2 Matt Craze  the state of LBA globally 4min 25sec

3 Sustainable Trophic LBA 3min 

4 Biotech 2min 6sec

5 Low Cost Asian LBA less expensive species 4min 33sec_

PONDERABLE:  how far will Kingfish AQ's  waste output effluents  be transported by the Eastern Maine Coastal Current?

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from:

Undercurrents
Tuesday, Apr 27, 2021

Dissecting the land-based aquaculture trend

John Buchanan, Jeff Cheng, Roberto Tishler, Ohad Maiman, Stian Rognlid, Matt Craze

According to Matt Craze of Undercurrent News  Land-based aquaculture is  a currently huge interest to investors.    Atlantic Sapphire has built a major salmon farm at an inland location near Miami and several other well-financed are set to follow in the company's footsteps. 

Conventional coastal salmon farming companies have mastered the art of using recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) to grow large smolt that can spend less time in the sea. 

But RAS could be a panacea for a host of new species that can be grown around the world. We explore this new innovation, from crayfish in China and Taiwan to yellowtail seriola farms in the Netherlan

LBAs - ME Legislature got 2-agency briefing on Land Based Aquaculture 1/21/20.. AUDIO mp3s

On January 21, 2020, Maine Legislature's Marine Resources Committee got a briefing on  Land Based Aquaculture by  Dept of Marine Resources and Dept of Environmental Protection  Listen:


1.  DMR Deputy Commissioner Meredith Mendelson, 11 minutes,(CLICK HERE).   DMR slides 4 per link)
slide 1 ** slide 2 ** slide 3 ** slide 4

DEP's Bertocci,Wood and Livesay

2. Three DEP officials for 29 minutes including Q&A:  CLICK HERE FOR MP3) (No slides)
* Nick Livesay, director  Land Division, 
* Gregg Wood director Water Quality Division and 
* Cindy Bertocci, executive analyst at the Board of     Environmental Protection.