Aquaculture Plant Set for Machiasport
redorbit.com     Jul 25, 2008          

Posted on: Friday, 25 July 2008, 15:00 CDT By DIANA GRAETTINGER; OF THE NEWS STAFF MACHIASPORT - A plan by a Canadian firm to reopen its salmon processing plant next year could mean 80 new jobs for this small seaside community. Although the opening of the Cooke Aquaculture plant is good news for Machiasport, it is disappointing for Eastport, where officials had hoped the plant would locate. "The recent announcement by Cooke Aquaculture to reopen its Machiasport processing plant instead of the Eastport facility came as a disappointment to the city," Eastport City Manager George "Bud" Finch said Thursday. Finch recalled that in 2006, when Glenn Cooke, CEO of Cooke's Aquaculture, and Gov. John Baldacci met in Eastport, the company announced its plans to invest $60 million in stocking salmon in Maine, but it was mum on where it... [read full story]                    


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