The proposed CAD 51 million (€33.8 million/$39.5 million) expansion to the Northern Harvest smolt hatchery in Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador, has come under fire from a conservation group as the deadline looms for the provincial government to decide whether to give the project the go ahead, reports CBC.

The Atlantic Salmon Federation (ASF) is taking issue with the scope of the company's environmental assessment for the expansion of its Indian Head hatchery.

That assessment, filed July 17, asks for permission to expand the hatchery's production from 4.5