Massive New Fish Farm in the Works for Samoa Peninsula
On Monday, a growing European aquaculture company will announce plans to build a massive fish farm at the Harbor District’s Redwood Marine Terminal — the former Samoa pulp mill.
Nordic Aquafarms proposes to build a land-based fish farm at the former Samoa pulp mill that they say would use a mixture of fresh and salt water to raise Yellowtail Kingfish, discharging up to 10.3 million gallons of effluent daily through the existing 1½-mile long ocean outfall. Bay intakes would supply 10 mgd saltwater, while 300,000 gallons per day of freshwater would be supplied by the Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District. Remodeling the former pulp mill would include removing the smokestack and other asbestos- and lead-laden structures, debris, and contaminated soil. Below are our comments submitted on the Project's permits and environmental review:
- Coastal Development Permit for the ocean discharge - Nov. 17, 2023
- Regional Water Board's Draft NPDES permit (2.0) - Aug. 23, 2023
- Humboldt County Coastal Development Permit and Special Permit - July 27, 2022.
- Humboldt County Draft Environmental Impact Report - Feb. 18, 2022.
- Scoping comments for the Notice of Preparation of a Draft EIR - July 6, 2021.
- Regional Water Board's draft NPDES permit - June 4, 2021.
- Humboldt County's Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration - May 24, 2021.
- Our initial statement on the proposed land-based fish farm - 2019.
