CEO Glenn Cooke has provided more details on Cooke Aquaculture's Kelly Cove Salmon expansion planned for Nova Scotia, which includes the first new open-pen salmon farm in Nova Scotia since a moratorium was imposed in 2013 and lifted three years later.

The CBC reported the CEO made a "rare public appearance" in Halifax, Canada, where he was quoted as saying opponents are "ill-informed or have information that is old and not real anymore."

Last year, the company gained approval to renew its existing marine aquaculture license and leases in the province's Liverpool Bay.