Healthy Salmon Farming Industry
CANADA - British Columbia's (BC) farmed salmon are second only to east coast lobster in value when it comes to provincial seafood exports from across the country,...

Sea Lice Resistance
CANADA - Concerns have been raised that sea lice on salmon farms may be becoming resistant to SLICE - the prescribed treatment used on British Columbia (BC) salmon...

BC Salmon Farmers Defend Farmed Salmon
CANADA - The British Columbian Salmon Farmers Association (BCSFA) has hit back at recent publicity which discussed the impacts of farmed salmon on wild stocks.

An Education In Salmon
CANADA - Hundreds of volunteers throughout the range of wild Atlantic salmon are helping the Atlantic Salmon Federation (ASF) deliver the time-tested, much acclaimed...

Broughton Pink Salmon Return In Large Numbers
CANADA - Almost three times as many fish returned to spawn last fall compared with the brood year in 2007.

Grieg Implements Harmonised Regional Management Plan
CANADA - Norwegian company, Grieg Seafood, is to make in season production changes to its operations in Esperanza Inlet on the West Coast of Vancouver Island, in...

Marine Harvest and ENGO Reach Agreement
CANADA - Leading aquaculture company, Marine Harvest has reached an understanding with environmental groups in British Columbia.

Effective Fish Health Management
CANADA - The British Columbian Fish Health Programme is effective in monitoring, reporting and governing fish diseases, according to an audit carried out by the...

Harmonised Regional Management Plan Implemented
BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - Grieg Seafood announced today that it is making in season production changes to its operations in Esperanza Inlet on the West Coast of...

Mainstream Canada Obtains Environmental Certification
CANADA - Mainstream Canada has announced that in December 2009 it achieved full certification in the ISO 9001 Quality Management System (OMS) and the OHSAS 18001...

Sustainable Salmon Farming
CANADA - A new protocol has been signed by Mainstream Canada and Ahousaht First Nation. The protocol guides the principles for working together and establishing...

Farmed Salmon Has Same Nutritional Value As Wild
CANADA - The British Columbia (BC) Salmon Farmers Association has hit back at recent criticism concerning the nutritional value of farmed salmon.

SFU Tackles Sockeye Collapse
CANADA - Some fish farms should be shut down to try to open up safer routes for migrating sockeye salmon, a group of fishery scientists has recommended.

International Collaboration To Sequence Salmon Genome
CANADA - The Atlantic salmon will have its genome fully sequenced by researchers and agencies from Canada, Chile and Norway. An important public resource that may...

Alaska Catches 162 Million Salmon in 2009
CANADA - Commercial fishermen in Alaska harvested 161.7 million salmon in 2009, the 11th largest harvest on record, according to the Alaska Department of Fish and...

Inquiry to Examine BC Salmon Loss
CANADA - The Canadian government is to convene a judicial inquiry to investigate the disappearance of millions of sockeye salmon from British Columbia's Fraser River...

Greenpeace Founder Defends Fish Farming
CANADA - One of the founders and long-time leaders of Greenpeace, Patrick Moore is voicing a stinging attack on environmentalist groups for their opposition towards...

Mass Salmon Escape from BC Farm
BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - The latest mass escape from a BC fish farm has prompted renewed calls from the National Democratic Party to change how the farms are ...

First Nations Call for Say in Salmon Regulation
CANADA - British Columbia's First Nations is calling for a say in the regulation of salmon farms in the province.

New Technique Helps Salmon Farming Sustainability
CANADA - Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA) is a new technique that can help to improve the sustainability of salmon farming.

Cooke Aquaculture Reveals Site of Salmon Hatchery
NEWFOUNDLAND, CANADA - Cooke Aquaculture is thought to be likely to site its new salmon hatchery at St Alban's.

Protest over Threat to Wild Salmon
CANADA - More than 700 protestors turned out at the weekend for a rally to protest over the threat to wild salmon stocks.

Atlantic Aquaculture Needs Science-Based Investment
NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA - Atlantic Canadians must invest more in science and technology - particularly regarding breeding and genomics, a Genomics Atlantic expert...

BC Salmon Farmers Assoc Has Cause to Celebrate
CANADA - With record pink returns in various rivers along the British Columbia (BC) coast, the BC Salmon Farmers Association (BCSFA) had more than its 25th anniversary...

Students, Delegates: Register for Sea Lice 2010!
CANADA - Preparations are going ahead apace for Sea Lice 2010, the 8th International Sea Lice Conference, in Victoria, BC in May 2010. Deadlines for student bursaries...