New Dish of the Day from N.B. Aquaculture
CANADA - Scallop lovers in New Brunswick will soon have a new type of the tasty shellfish to enjoy.

Farmed Salmon Industry Looking Healthy in BC
BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - Market prospects for farmed salmon raised in British Columbia remain strong as shortages in supply continue and the industry is well positioned...

Ocean Smart Begins Expansion Process
CANADA - Ocean Smart Inc. has announced that it has engaged European-based International Investment Consulting Company S.A. to provide strategic public relations,...

New Aquaculture Species Reaping Rewards
CANADA - A handful of new species are making a splash in the Canadian fish farms industry.

Alarm as Fraser River Sockey Encounter Fish Farms
VANCOUVER, CANADA - The form letter that Premier Gordon Campbell and federal Fisheries Minister Gail Shea keep ignoring is just getting longer.

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,...

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...

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.

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...

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....

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...

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,...

Concern Raised Over Salmon Management
CANADA - The Atlantic Salmon Federation (ASF) and the Salmonid Council of Newfoundland and Labrador (SCNL) are very concerned that the Government of Newfoundland...

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...

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,...