The Norwegian-backed closed-containment salmon farming project in Gouldsboro, Maine, known as American Aquafarms, is seeing pushback from nearby residents in Frenchman's Bay, where opponents say the company's proposed sites would take up a combined 100 acres of the bay.

“This is simply a matter of the wrong place, the wrong technology and the wrong people,” said James Paterson of Hancock, the Maine County where the project will be located.