Business & Development

A request from 33 conservation groups from six countries for the salmon farming industry to remove fish farms from near wild salmon rivers is being called "wildly irresponsible" by the executive director of the Maine Aquaculture Association.

Approximately 150 workers are affected by the decision of Domtar Corporation to permanently close down its paper machine and supporting sheeter in Baileyville. The company is continuing to operate its pulp mill, which employs 300 workers.

A one-third scale model of a tidal turbine generator will be placed in the waters off Clark's Ledge, Eastport, in mid-November for a month of feasibility testing. The installation of the test unit is the first of two steps before a commercial project can be built.

A proposal by a land-based salmon farming company to lease part of the property at the former Mearl Corporation site at Broad Cove in Eastport has been made to the Eastport Port Authority.

A new manufacturing business, ICS of Maine, will open by the end of the year in the Baileyville Industrial Park. Owned by Insulated Component Structures Inc.

Five Washington County business people responded to a recent report and action plan on Maine's economy, which argues for cutting government spending while investing in an innovation-based economy, by stating that they are not waiting for the state or "a white knight" to come in and help.