According to Select Board member Kathleen Rybarz, about 60 people attended the annual meeting and all but five voted to intervene in the proposal by American Aquafarms.
Entities or individuals may seek intervenor status if a proposed lease will “substantially and directly” affect them, according to the Maine Department of Marine Resources.
The project entails raising Atlantic salmon in a new generation of closed ocean cages designed to capture, compact and remove fish waste, keep out sea lice, prevent fish from escaping and withstand the elements.
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