Nordic cannot demonstrate that it has sufficient “title, right, or interest” (TRI) in the intertidal land adjacent to the State’s submerged land to meet BPL’s application requirements.

The report highlights what municipalities and states could be doing to attract and maintain high quality investments that give back to the communities in which they are located, help to achieve climate goals, and contribute to the domestic and the global food supply.

Belfast activist and journalist Lawrence Reichard obtained a copy of the Reid-Mills email exchange.

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that Upstream Watch does have standing to appeal the Belfast Zoning Board’s Nordic decision.

The Bureau of Environmental Protection (BEP) has yet to apply the Supreme Judicial Court’s decisions in Mabee v. Nordic Aquafarms, Inc.

Even if the City took ownership of the intertidal land by eminent domain in 2021, the City took it subject to a conservation easement that prohibits any dredging or commercial or industrial development on it.