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Millinocket wants in on Maine’s aquaculture boom

March 8, 2022 — The U.S. state of Maine has become a hub of land-based aquaculture development, and the town of Millinocket wants in on the action.

Our Katahdin, a local redevelopment group named after the nearby landmark Mount Katahdin, is actively marketing the former Great Northern Paper Co. mill site as an ideal landing spot for a recirculating aquaculture system farm, with Our Katahdin President Sean DeWitt saying the site has many of the attributes European salmon-farming companies are looking for as they seek to expand into the United States.

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