$24M Research Funding fo Aquaculture

The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) is providing $9.4 million, while Cold Ocean Salmon., a subsidiary of Cooke Aquaculture, is providing $14.6 million for the project.

Over the three-year project, Cold Ocean Salmon will develop innovative techniques that will enable it to introduce juvenile salmon to sea cage sites earlier than is currently done. In collaboration with Fisheries and Oceans scientists from Newfoundland and Labrador and New Brunswick, the company will also select and breed salmon that are more suitable to the growing conditions off the south coast of Newfoundland. The goal is to produce a more robust salmon stock, thereby enhancing survival and growth rates.

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