It’s been a little over a month since Nova Scotia’s aquaculture review board indefinitely adjourned hearings into a fish farm application in Liverpool Bay.
And there’s still no indication if the hearings will ever begin.
Jamie Simpson with Juniper Law represents one of the intervenors in the hearing, a group of lobster fishermen. He said Thursday he hasn’t heard a word. “The parties haven’t been informed of any updates, any new dates, or any attempts to schedule anything. It’s just kind of radio silence at the moment. And I guess we’re just kind of sitting tight waiting to see what might happen.”
Kelly Cove Salmon, owned by Cooke Aquaculture, applied in 2019 to expand its salmon farming operation off Coffin Island near Liverpool, and to add two new farms off Brooklyn and Mersey Point.
More than 150 residents, businesses and community groups filed written submissions with the board. Five groups were granted intervenor status.
