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W W W. M A I N E B I Z . B I Z 9 O C T O B E R 2 8 , 2 0 1 9 and Stalking Program, an agency within the U.S. Department of Justice, award- ed $624,941 to Safe Voices of Auburn and $624,545 to the Maine Coalition Against Sexual Assault in Augusta to support domestic violence and sexual assault prevention programs and pro- tect survivors throughout Maine. Aquaculture firm accused of mishandling fish Video secretly recorded of alleged abusive and improper fish handling at a Bingham salmon hatchery prompted an apology from the plant's owner, Cooke Aquaculture Inc., which has 6,000 employees worldwide. Compassion Over Killing, a Washington, D.C.-based ani- mal-rights group, released on its website a 5-minute video, photographs and an account of what the nonprofit called the "first-ever undercover exposé of salmon aquaculture in the U.S." e group said one of its members worked undercover at the Cooke facility and recorded evi- dence showing employees killing fish by stomping on them and slamming them into the ground, allowing the fish to suf- focate in piles of dead stock, and permit- ting conditions so filthy that the fish had to be vaccinated. On Oct. 7, CEO Glenn Cooke issued a statement saying, "I am disappointed and deeply saddened by what I saw today. As a family com- pany, we place animal welfare high in our operating standards and endeavor to raise our animals with optimal care and consideration of best practice. What we saw today is most certainly not reflective of these standards." Glenn Cooke said the company was updating the health management plan for its facilities and working to improve procedures and training for fish handling. N O T E W O R T H Y M I D C O A S T & D O W N E A S T Camden National Bank announced a $30,000 donation to Midcoast Recreation Center to continue providing support for its 6U youth hockey program. MDI Biological Laboratory in Bar Harbor said that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded a grant in the amount of $373,500 per year for five years to Aric Rogers to support his research on the cellular and molecular mechanisms governing aging. Sensible Solutions www.cesincusa.com 207.989.4824 We're on the move! CES, Inc. is excited to announce that we are moving our headquarters to One Merchants Plaza in Downtown Bangor in early 2020! CESI NC Engineers Environmental Scientists Surveyors Mainebiz invites you to network with the future. Tickets are $45 and the price of a ticket includes 1 free drink! Aura / 121 Center St., Portland November 14 5:00–7:00 pm FOLLOW US @MBEVENTS #MBNext19 CHAD AND NICOLE HUMPHREY DANA EIDSNESS JOSHUA HENRY KRISTINA CANNON LISA LIBERATORE F O R M O R E I N F O A N D T O R E G I S T E R : www.mainebiz.biz/next PRESEN T ING SP ONSORS Make a Donation to the Next List Alumni Scholarship Fund at mainecf.org JAMES MORIN, DEVIN MCNEILL, AND CHARLES FRIEDMAN NICK RIMSA AND RJ ANZELC M I D C O A S T & D O W N E A S T