By JERRY HARKAVY
A state-of-the-art salmon processing plant in Machiasport that closed five years ago for lack of fish is back in business, providing 80 full-time manufacturing jobs in a region of the state plagued by chronic unemployment.
A rare shot of good economic news, the reopening marks the latest step in the recovery of Maine's salmon farming industry that went belly-up five years ago after a series of setbacks that included a disease outbreak and pollution fines imposed by a federal judge.
"This is a major milestone for us," said Nell Halse, spokeswoman for Cooke Aquaculture, a family-owned business in Blacks Harbour, New Brunswick, that took over the three biggest salmon producers in Maine.
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