Best Management And Performance Standards For Shellfish
CANADA - A new report by the National Research Council recommends how to apply best management practices and performance standards to maintain or restore ecosystems...

Shellfish Ban Frustrates PEI Fisheries Minister
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, CANADA - P.E.I.'s minister of fisheries and aquaculture is voicing concern over the ban on harvesting maritime shellfish.

Invasive Species Threatens the Great Lakes
CANADA - An invasive species of fish is posing a potential threat to several endangered native species in the Great Lakes.

Shellfish Closure in the Annapolis Basin
CANADA - Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) has advised the public that the harvesting of bi-valve molluscs of an area inside Annapolis Basin has been prohibited...

Canada Closes North Beds for Mussel Harvesting
CANADA - Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Quebec Region, is warning the public on the North Shore that the gathering of mussels is prohibited on all North Shore shellfish...

Canada Funds Deep Sea Mussel Culture
CANADA - Canadian ministers today announced $266,604 in funding for early commercialization of submersible technology that will enable development of deep water...

Atlantic Canada's Mussel Industry Brought Together
CANADA - Atlantic Canada's mussel industry will be brought together by a series of new initiatives.

Mussel Projects Get a Boost
CANADA - Fisheries Minister Gail Shea has announced approximately $97,000 in funding under the Aquaculture Innovation and Market Access Program (AIMAP) for two mussel...

Funding Innovation in Quebec's Shellfish
QUEBEC, CANADA - Two innovative projects for improving the production and economic performance of Quebec's shellfish farming industry will receive the total sum...

PEI Mussel Farm to Grow Over Lobster Territory
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, CANADA - The Department of Fisheries and Oceans is preparing to lift a 10-year moratorium on granting new leases to P.E.I. mussel farmers,...

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....

Polyculture Pioneers Seeks Sustainable Aquaculture
CANADA - A scientists from the University of Victoria is conducting research to devlop polyculture techniques for a self sufficient, resource recycling, aquaculture...