Fight brewing in Nova Scotia over Cooke’s expansion plans
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A fight is brewing between environmental groups and Cooke Seafood, which is hoping to expand its operations in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Cooke Seafood Kelly Cove Salmon has applied for permits to allow for at least 30 new net-pens at three sites, including an expansion of its Rattling Beach site in the Annapolis Basin from 8.75 hectares to just over 29 hectares, and the expansion of an existing site in Liverpool Bay to 20 cages. In a speech to the Halifax Chamber of Commerce on 29 March, Cooke President and CEO Glenn Cooke reaffirmed his company’s expansion plans, which also include a processing facility and a recirculating aquaculture system hatchery.