The Nova Scotia government has announced that a coastal classification system that will rate areas for aquaculture suitability will be expanded to include shellfish operations like oyster and mussel farms.
Nova Scotia regulators have approved a new oyster farm in Antigonish Harbour, rejecting ecosystem concerns, dismissing evidence submitted by opponent experts and vindicating the conduct of the promoter. Town Point Consulting intends to grow up to three million oysters a year from three sites spanning 36 hectares.
Nova Scotia Aquaculture Review Board has held a second day of public hearings on the application to put a 36-hectare oyster farm in Antigonish Harbour.
The businessman behind a proposed oyster farm in Antigonish Harbour defended the project during a sometimes testy first day of public hearings before the Nova Scotia Aquaculture Review Board.