A Newfoundland Court of Appeals Judge is upholding a decision to require Mowi to undergo further review before expanding its Northern Harvest hatchery operations in the province.*

On Monday, Newfoundland Justice Gale Welsh affirmed the company's sea cages and well boats fall under the province's Environmental Protection Act (EPA), and should not have been exempted from review despite previous authorization from Newfoundland's Minister of Municipal Affairs and Environment.

Mowi and the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador brought the appeal after Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court Justice Daniel Boone's ruled in February 2020 that Mowi's proposed CAD 51 million (€33.8