Fraser River Sockeye not at Risk From Fish Farms
CANADA - Marine Harvest has retaliated to claims that Fraser River sockeye are at risk from salmon farms, saying that their practises ensure that the effects are...

Fishing for Salmon Genes
BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - A new molecular gentics project is helping researchers at the Pacific Biological Station in British Columbia, to develop genomics...

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,...

Port Mouton Bay Receives Moratorium on Farms
NEW ZEALAND - Nova Scotia Premier Rodney MacDonald announced an "indefinite" moratorium on more finfish aquaculture farming in bay Port Mouton Bay after years of...

Marine Harvest Appeal Supreme Court Ruling
BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - Marine Harvest Canada today served notice of intention to appeal the February 9th, 2009, ruling of Mr. Justice Hinkson in BC Supreme...

Letter of Contempt Over BC Fish Farms
CANADA - More than 500 fishermen have signed an open letter to the federal Minister of Fisheries, calling for immediate new restrictions on B.C.’s fish farming 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...

Failing Dam Could Damn Major BC Salmon Streams
BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - One of British Columbia’s most economically vital salmon streams is teetering at the edge of a major fish kill.

Fight Over Port Morton Bay Going to the Province
CANADA - Friends of Port Mouton Bay are taking taking an aquaculture fight to the province, believing that plans to build the farms have secretly been approve...

Lack of Closed Containment Funding Dismays CAAR
CANADA - The Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform slammed the BC government for once again failing to invest in the development of a new, green technology 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...

Call of Aquaculture Study Falls on Deaf Ears
CANADA - Although he won’t say it’s officially dead, newly-appointed Agriculture and Lands minister Ron Cantelon is looking beyond the study group he sat on to...

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....

Closed-containment Salmon Opportunity in Canada
CANADA - The development of a new closed-containment salmon farm has New Democrats excited about the future of the aquaculture industry in British Columbia, and...

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.

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...

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...

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.

Genomic Projects Tackle Aquaculture Problems
CANADA - A trio of new Genome BC research projects is taking a genomics-based approach to tackle specific challenges within the Province's fisheries...

First Nation Collaboration Reels in Salmon Success
CANADA - A celebration was recently held in the small coastal village of Klemtu, British Columbia, to commemorate the ten years of salmon farming success between...