Green Light on a Disputed Project of a Land Megafarm for Salmon
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Find our editorial on Wednesday 05 August 2026. At the heart of a girondin summer under high tension, the prefect of Aquitaine answered yes to a question of 280 million euros.
With an unprecedented scale in the Hexagon, this 280 million euro project will produce up to 10,000 tonnes per year of the fish most consumed by the French. A project "completely oversized" for its opponents.
A salmon farm with a capacity of 10,000 tons per year, the largest within the European Union, is being established in southwestern France. The French government has given the green light for this, despite protests from residents and environmental organizations who fear damage to the ecosystem. More than 20,000 objections were also filed.
The authorities believe that the plant "responds to several issues of general interest". NGOs denounce a project that threatens the ecosystem of the largest and most wildest estuary in Europe. - Gironde: the prefect gives his permission for the first megafarm in France (Environment).
The project of 280 million euros carried by the company Pure Salmon, financed by a Singaporean investment fund, "is a great economic and industrial interest for the territory", justified Tuesday the prefect of the Gironde, Sophie Brocas. It "answers to several issues of general interest: the conversion of an industrial-portable wasteland at the tip of the Médoc, the creation of 250 direct jobs and the production on the national territory of the …
The establishment of this plant in Verdon-sur-Mer, supported by a Singaporean investment fund, is intended to produce 10,000 tonnes of fish per year. Local environmental protection associations strongly oppose the project.
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