April 6, 2023

Cooke subsidiary approved to set up RAS Atlantic salmon facility in New Brunswick, Canada

Kelly Cove Salmon Ltd. (KCS), one of Cooke's companies, has received a Certification of Determination to Proceed from the Department of Environment and Local Government of New Brunswick, Canada, for the construction of its proposed $72 million land-based Atlantic salmon post-smolt aquaculture facility in Bayside.

The approval is an important step achieved upon successful completion of an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA).
 

Located in the Champlain Industrial Park alongside the Passamaquoddy Bay, the new facility will be a world-class recirculating aquaculture system (RAS). KCS began planning the high-tech project in 2017 and received EIA approval earlier this year for ground source wells to supply the facility with water. Associated with this facility are two water pipeline corridors and a marine loading facility.

 
"Hybrid systems, involving a mix of land and marine-based fish farming, will continue to be part of our future," said Joel Richardson, vice president of public relations for Cooke. "We have been operating land-based salmon hatcheries and marine farms sustainably for 38 years. Innovative scientific technologies bring a new opportunity for greater production in ocean waters by shortening time Atlantic salmon spend in marine cages."

 
It is expected the multi-phased project will take three years to complete and create more than 340 direct construction jobs and 222 indirect and induced jobs.