American Aquafarms heading to court to fight termination of its Maine salmon farm application

Instead of submitting a new application to the state of Maine, closed-containment salmon farmer American Aquafarms is appealing the state's decision to terminate its application for a 30,000-metric-ton salmon, taking the action to court.

In an appeal filed with a Maine superior court May 19, the company contends the state created an "arbitrary" deadline by giving American Aquafarms between November of last year and March of this year to address the issue of having insufficient testing for its AquaBounty egg supply.