Cooke Aquaculture has been granted a provincial licence for a $58.6-million Atlantic salmon hatchery in Digby County. The application for a 10-year licence for the land-based hatchery, through Cooke's subsidiary Kelly Cove Salmon, was approved by the Nova Scotia Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture on Thursday. The facility is part of Cooke Aquaculture's capital investment plan for Nova Scotia, said Joel Richardson, the company's vice-president of public relations. A letter from Harold Locke, the mayor of Shelburne, said that the new site would have a "positive ripple effect" for many Nova Scotia communities and be an "incredible economic impact" for the province as a whole. The facility would produce three million fish per year and supply Cooke's 13 fish-farm sites in Nova Scotia.

Source: CBC News March 14, 2021 19:15 UTC