Kelly Cove Salmon, the Atlantic Canadian salmon farming division of family-owned Cooke Aquaculture, received approval from the Nova Scotia Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture (NSDFA) on June 14 to assume the licence of a land-based fish hatchery in Millbrook.
Millbrook First Nation is a Mi’kmaq community located in Truro, Nova Scotia. The First Nation Council established an Arctic charr farming operation in 2002, but has decided to transition to farming Atlantic salmon with Cooke to meet market needs.
The Millbrook facility includes a growout building, a filtration building, bio filter/degassing building, a hatchery building, and a greenhouse.
