The Newfoundland & Labrador-based company has applications for several new farm sites in Nova Scotia, and expects approval for at least one farm site in the near future, which would allow it to put fish in the water this spring, spokesman Chuck Brown told IntraFish.

Company executives were in the area earlier this month to meet with municipal officials and explain their long-range plans for the region.

“We do have farms in Nova Scotia now and we would love to process in Nova Scotia, but we need to have enough production to justify it,” he said.

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