August 30, 2023 — The Kingfish Company’s effort to build a recirculating aquaculture system farm to grow yellowtail kingfish in the U.S. state of Maine got a boost 29 August with the dismissal of an appeal of the approval of one its permits.
The appeal from the Roque Island Gardner Homestead Corporation and Eastern Maine Conservation Initiative sought to overturn the Maine Board of Environmental Protection’s granting of a Site Location of Development Act (SLODA) and Natural Resources Protection Act (NRPA) joint permit, which was issued in 2021 and finalized after an appeal in 2022.