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,...

Canadian MP to Introduce Fish Farm Labels
CANADA - NDP MP Don Davies says he plans to introduce legislation to require the labelling of farmed fish in a matter of months.

$23.5 Million Catch for Innovative Aquaculture
CANADA - In 2008 the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) announced a new grants and contributions program to bolster the Canadian aquaculture sector.

Newfoundland Finds a Billion Dollars in Fish
CANADA - The Newfoundland and Labrador seafood industry experienced an excellent year of performance in 2008. The annual Seafood Year in Review report was released...

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...

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...

Cutting-edge Cod Farm Project in Canada
CANADA - The Government of Canada and Province of Newfoundland and Labrador have joined with Cooke Aquaculture to invest in a cod demonstration farm on Newfoundland’s...

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...

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...

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.

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

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...

Dramatic Change in B.C. Salmon Populations
CANADA - New research documents a "dramatic and alarming" decline in the survival of some salmon species in the waters of British Columbia, in the Georgia Strait,...

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...

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...

First Nations Sue: Wild Stock Caught in the Net
BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - Class-Action Law Suit to be launched by the Kwicksutaineuk/Ah-Kwa-Mish against the British Columbia Government to address the impacts...