Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) is reviewing a proposal by Cooke Aquaculture for expanding its Kelly Cove Salmon sites in Nova Scotia's Liverpool Bay.

Cooke's application for expansion in the province, if approved, would more than triple the amount of farmed salmon production the company grows in the area.

Kelly Cove Salmon, a subsidiary of Cooke, has submitted applications to the province to amend an existing Liverpool farm operation and to construct and operate two new sites called Mersey Point and Brooklyn.