Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) Now Available for Review for Nordic Aquafarms Project

Nordic Farms EIR

The cover of the draft EIR shows the proposed facility.

Press release from the County of Humboldt:

The County of Humboldt has prepared a Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for the Nordic Aquafarms California, LLC – Coastal Development Permit and Special Permit application (Case Number PLN-2020-16698). The land-based aquaculture facility is located in the Samoa area, east of Vance Avenue, approximately 2,000 feet north from the intersection of Vance Avenue and Bay Street, on the property known as 364 Vance Avenue (Assessor Parcel Number 401-112-021). Water intakes are located approximately one-half mile apart along the Samoa Channel in Humboldt Bay at the Redwood Marine Terminal II (RMT II) Dock and Red Tank Dock (Assessor Parcel Number 401-112-014 and 401-031-040).

The Humboldt County Planning and Building Department will receive public comments on the DEIR from Dec. 20, 2021, to Feb. 18, 2022. Comments may be submitted to the Humboldt County Planning and Building Department, at 3015 H Street, Eureka, CA 95501, or by email at [email protected] by Feb. 18, 2022. The DEIR is available for public review at the Planning and Building Department as well as online via the department’s website.

For more information, please contact Cade McNamara, Planner II, by email at [email protected] or by phone at (707) 268-3777.

 

Nordic Aquafarms Project

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It's real
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It's real
2 years ago

This does not seem like a good idea, we should protect our local salmon population. It is known salmon escape from these facilities and it effects the wildlife/fish habitat.
Also, how safe is it eating fish farmed from a toxic site?

No Joke
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No Joke
2 years ago
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The escapes you’ve heard about are not from this type of facility, they’re from “net pen” farms where fish are raised in the same natural body of water, just separated by nets. This facility will be raising them in above ground tanks.

Ground and site contamination, etc is not a concern because the fish are going to be raised in self-contained tanks, with clean, filtered water from the Mad River and from the bay, same as all the fish you can catch in the region. They’re also going to be doing additional environmental cleanup of the site.

Thankfully California has strict environmental laws – the farmed fish we see in grocery stores now often comes from China where it’s legal for fish to be raised in polluted water. Hopefully our cleaner, locally-raised farmed fish can replace the farmed fish being imported from China and other countries. Local fishermen can still sell their catch same as they have been, while the farmed fish gets frozen and sent to grocery stores instead of those stores buying it from China.

Two Dogs
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Two Dogs
2 years ago
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From what I understand, one of the big issues with this method is what to do with all the poop. Creates dire eco issues when dumped in the same spot all the time. Might make good fertilizer. Don’t repeatedly dump into the water close to shore.

Lynette C Mullen
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Lynette C Mullen
2 years ago
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You’re absolutely correct in that fish feces (as well as feed residue) has a lot of value. Nordic will capture both through ultra-filtration, package and offer it to other businesses who can convert it into valuable secondary products. Please visit Nordic’s website to see their FAQs: https://nafnewsdesk.com/humboldt-faq/

Mendocino Mamma
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Mendocino Mamma
2 years ago

I have some really good friends from Chile they worked in the salmon Farms down there.. they used genetic stock of salmon from Norway . They didn’t like them to escape out of the nets not native to Chile. Raised in these gigantic nets. Fed pelleted food that came from dead salmon. One of the jobs was to go inside the gigantic enclosures and remove the fish that had died over the night. It was very deadly work for the divers. Put them out there in the worst of Storms and weather and if you tried to talk about the deplorable conditions the fish lived in or the workers worked you would have an “accident” The wives would wait daily at the dock to see if husbands were lost that day.Nobody talked about it. You lived in a government controlled apartment, your pay paid for your rent and your food you had pleanty of salmon you could eat and you made about $1,000 a month. Most of these workers are highly educated at LEAST bachelor’s degrees in Fisheries, Wildlife Management, business, and science to develop the rations for the salmon and continue to increase growth rates to increase progits. . When they came to California they talked about it…the waste in the bottom of the Nets was at least 20 ft deep of sludge. The fish would starve and start attacking each other. Going into the nets the divers would get attacked Fish force grown to over 100 lb in less than 6 months. The meat is white then dyed pink. Lets go eat some farmed Salmon!!! After they shared this information with me I will never eat ANY farmed Seafood again.

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Lynette C Mullen
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Lynette C Mullen
2 years ago

Thankfully Nordic’s facility will be nothing like what you’ve described, as it the facility is state-of-the-art and land-based. You can learn more (and access the permit application and related studies) here: https://nafnewsdesk.com/humboldt-faq/

Betty
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2 years ago

EVER COMPARED THE TASTE::CONSISTENCY OF THE FLESH FROM THOSE FISH..OR THE SMELL.Farm raised is::farm RAISED..anybody who has fresh fish knows it::right away. LOTS TO BE COSIDERED::THE contamination from the fish::the feces::and sludge generated most likely the biggest issue.Many times what you’re told and promised::by big business::is not what actually happens.Not polluting the bay is the most important to me::WE WILL SEE.youhave those that will eat farmed::and those that don’t..WE WIL SEE ???.personally I don’t..my dislike stems from farm raised catfish..I’m .Southern::nothing like smaller fresh ones out of clean river..farmed:: fat ::soft and muddier tasting than fresh..yep