Cooke Aquaculture is preparing to build a new hatchery at Mink Cove, Digby Neck, and looking at prospective sites for a Shelburne processing plant, a Digby audience was told in a recent briefing during Digby Port Day.
And the firm’s Truro feed mill is now churning out thousands of metric tons (MT) of fish feed every year, said Chuck Brown, communications manager with Cooke Aquaculture.
Every week, 320 MT of salmon feed come to Digby from the Truro feed mill, he said. That’s 10 tractor-trailer loads every week or 12,500 MT per year.
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