Livestock Industry Legislation Streamlined
EDMONTON- Alberta has taken another step toward a more effective and efficient livestock industry with the introduction of Bill 47, the Livestock Commerce and Animal Inspection Statutes Amendment Act.

New Pressure Group Attacks Aquaculture Policy
CANADA - A group of British Columbia business people have placed an advert in a national newspaper criticising current Government aquaculture policy.

BC salmon farm spends $1million on predator nets
CANADA - A British Columbian fish farm that found more than 100 sea lions drowned in its nets last year, has spent more than $1million improving its fish pens and the spacing between layers of nets.

Salmon escape from island fish farm
CANADA - They’ve received public support from some of BC’s biggest environmental group, but this week a Campbell River-based salmon farm lost at least two chinook when a closed-containment system failed.

Few BC-born salmon returning to spawn
CANADA - Salmon returns are down significantly around British Columbia, experts say, with the number of chinook migrating to their birthplace on Vancouver Island falling by as much as 75 per cent and a "collapse" of the chum run in parts of the Squamish...

Disease wipes out oyster beds
NOVA SCOTIA - An oyster grower says the discovery of Malepeque disease on one of his aquaculture farms in the Bras d’Or Lakes near Orangedale could put him out of business.

B.C. businesses publish ad, launch website to pressure for fish farm changes
CANADA - A group of British Columbia business owners took a full-page ad in the first section of a national newspaper Friday hoping to pressure the provincial government to forces changes in the salmon farming industry.

Malepeque disease found in Cape Breton waters
NOVA SCOTIA - A common disease affecting the healthy growth of oysters has been detected in the waters of St. Ann’s Harbour and Orangedale in Cape Breton, the Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture announced today.

Alaskan salmon harvest fourth largest since statehood
JUNEAU - The Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s Division of has announced preliminary end-of-season estimates for 2007 season's commercial salmon harvest and value.

Weak $US causing problems for fish farms
CANADA - More than 80 per cent of Canada's farmed salmon is exported to the United States so the weakening $US dollar "is of course challenging for the Canadian aquaculture industry," says Ruth Salmon, executive director of the Canadian Aquaculture Industry...

Record profits for Canada's fish-farming sector
CANADA - Canada's aquaculture industry generated record operating revenues of nearly $1 billion in 2006, and British Columbia was responsible for the majority of that figure, says Statistics Canada.

Future fishery offers hope
CANADA - Ocean Choice International and High Liner Seafoods are anxious to have their purchase arrangements formalized.

BC To Revise Waste Rules For Fish Farms
CANADA - The provincial government is planning to change waste-control regulations for British Columbia’s salmon farms.

Future of Canadian Seafood Lies In Aquaculture
CANADA - Increasing global salmon prices are counter-balancing declining harvests in traditional fisheries and an expected increase in global demand for seafood will boost demand for sustainable aquaculture.

Fisheries technology and new opportunities program to cost $6 million
CANADA - A $6-million fisheries technology and new opportunities program has been developed to provide support for harvesting, processing and marketing initiatives in the province’s fishing industrty.

First Nations eye Chinese fish market
CANADA - First Nations in Manitoba are working to create a new industry selling "rough fish" such as carp and mullet to consumers in China.

Judge Upholds Acquittal Of Salmon Escape
CANADA - A B.C. Supreme Court judge has tossed out the Crown's appeal of the acquittal of a Vancouver Island fish farm charged in the accidental release of Atlantic salmon three years ago.

Environment Canada says no way of knowing what caused fish kills
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND - There is no way of knowing what killed thousands of fish last summer in two of Prince Edward Island's most pristine rivers, an Environment Canada official said Monday.

Shellfish demands increasing through local support
CANADA - The recent cartoon whereby shellfish expansions are opposed by a few very vocal waterfront owners is in some ways right on. There are a few upland owners who have been very effective in making it seem like Comox Valley residents oppose shellfish...

Malaspina shellfish program launches
CANADA - Eighteen students, representing nine First Nations communities from Rivers Inlet in the central coast to Haida Gwaii in the north, recently arrived at Malaspina University-College excited and eager to begin training for shellfish farming car...

Fishermen question use of lime to kill tunicates
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND - Some mussel growers on PEI are using lime to control tunicates, an invasive pest, but other fishermen are concerned about the effect that will have on the environment.

Aquaculture questionnaire elicits resounding no
CANADA - Every person who took time to fill out a questionnaire on Aqua Fish Farms Ltd. is “strongly opposed” to the proposed aquaculture farm on Port Mouton Bay, said an article in the opinion section of The Queens County Advance.