BC Fishermen Petition for Aquaculture Rules
CANADA - B.C. fishermen are demanding the federal government take responsibility for the salmon farming industry, and start applying the same rules to the controversial...

Ministers Meet Over Aquaculture and Economy
CANADA - The Atlantic Council of Fisheries and Aquaculture Ministers (ACFAM), met earlier today to discuss economic and market access challenges.

Canada Supports Atlantic Lobster Industry
NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA – The Atlantic Canadian lobster industry will get a marketing boost of close to half a million dollars in joint funding as announced today...

Funding for Two New Aquaculture Projects in BC
BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - Two innovation projects designed to boost the productivity and economic performance of the shellfish aquaculture industry in B.C. have...

Canada to Invest in Lobsters
CANADA - The government of Canada are to announce a new investment initiative for the lobster industry.

Farming in Nova Scotia: Fishermen Predict Disaster
NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA - “Friends of Port Mouton Bay” (FPMB) have called an emergency press conference to discuss and demonstrate the increasing pollution and resulting...

Aquaculture Thrives in Newfoundland
CANADA - Neighbouring provinces are being given some of the credit for the substantial growth in this province's aquaculture industry.

Vancouver's Sustainable Path of Oyster Shells
CANADA - The road to a sustainable shellfish industry is to be paved with oyster shells.

Path Through Chaos: B.C. Rules in Favour of Fish
VANCOUVER, CANADA - The war over fish took a sustainable turn yesterday when a British Columbia Supreme Court judge ruled that the federal government - not the provinces...

BC Salmon Report Finds a Better Way
BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - The Pacific Salmon Forum has been praised for the release of their long-anticipated report. The report acknowledges the magnitude of the...

Success for First Generation of Farmed Yellowtail
GENERAL - Following the Australian company Clean Seas, Acuinor S.A. is the second aquaculture company in the world to reproduce yellowtail kingfish in captivity....

Atlantic Innovation Fund Gets Started
CANADA - Several major research projects involving the fishing and aquaculture industry were included in the latest projects funded in P.E.I. under the Atlantic...

New Fish Farm Friendly Minister Gets Approval
CANADA - Nanaimo-Parksville MLA Ron Cantelon has been appointed Minister of Agriculture and Lands in British Columbia.

Newfoundland Aquaculture 'Leaps' Up
NEWFOUNDLAND, CANADA - The province’s aquaculture industry is growing in leaps and bounds on the south coast of the island.

Finding a Medium for Open and Land Aquaculture
BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - The open-net salmon farms that dot B.C.'s coastal water are spreading sea lice to wild stocks. But the alternative, land-based tanks,...

Ottawa Keeps the Faith in Aquaculture
OTTAWA, CANADA - Ottawa still believes in aquaculture despite lawsuits to recover money the federal government claims that some companies in the industry owe.

Raft Innovations for the Shellfish Industry
CANADA - In 2008, DFO’s Aquaculture Innovation and Market Access Program (AIMAP) funded a project to develop new raft designs for the BC shellfish industry....

Processor Provides Boost for Maine's Fisheries
MAINE, US - This week’s Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at the Cooke Aquaculture salmon processing plant in Machiasport will mark the first time a fish processing plant has...

Newfoundland Finds Billion Dollar Success
CANADA - The Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture has estimated fishery production value for 2008 will exceed $1 billion...

Newfoundland Fishery Proceeds to Exceed $1 Billion
NEWFOUNDLAND - The provincial Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture has estimated fishery production value for 2008 will be on par with 2007, and is again expected...

First Nations Impressed By Aquaculture Experience
CANADA - Canadian group of First Nations Chiefs and delegates from Vancouver Island recently joined staff from Marine Harvest and Grieg Seafood to attend Norway’s...

Future Food: Manitoba's Aqua-Farm Fish Plan
CANADA - Agriculture in Manitoba is advancing into the wetter realm of fish farming with the implementation of the Manitoba-Canadian Model Aqua-Farm Initiative,...

Canadian Lobsters to Claw Out from Downturn
CANADA - The Canadian Minister of Fisheries has spoken out on the struggling lobster industry, announcing plans to reverse the downward trend.

Glancing Back at the History of Salmon Farming in B.C.
CANADA - Salmon farming started in British Columbia about 25 years ago, growing rapidly to become an important coastal industry. From the outset, it was embraced...

Rainbow Trout to be Farmed in Manitoba
CANADA - The Federal and Provincial governments are going to try to make fish farming in Manitoba work.