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.

Fast action needed to protect salmon from climate change, group says
CANADA - Advocates for Pacific salmon have called upon government to launch a massive new effort to protect the iconic British Columbia fish from the potentially catastrophic effects of climate change.

Mussel processor to get patent for revolutionary packaging system
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND - Orwell Cove, PEI, Canada – A Prince Edward Island mussel processor has recently been granted a patent that will allow him to package his product in a ground breaking way

Asian carp threatens Great Lakes
CANADA - An Asian carp found recently in Lake Huron has again raised fears about the invasive fish decimating Great Lakes fisheries.

Fish Farming: Welcome relief without a Net
CANADA - Lice, faeces and pushiness - who knew Atlantic salmon could be so nasty? The negative ecological effects of farming the fish are causing big problems.

Force cleaning of boats, says aquaculture group
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND - The PEI Aquaculture Alliance wants a law to stop recreational and commercial boats from moving from one bay to another without being cleaned. It will help stop the spread of invasive species.

Taste for fresh fish boosts BC tilapia farm
CANADA - It's early Saturday morning and Mike Hare has been awake since 11:30 pm the night before. That's when he and Barry Sjostrom started loading large containers of warm water with live tilapia fish, grown at their Redfish Ranch Tilapia and Hatchery...

B.C. algae bloom kills 260 tonnes of farmed salmon
CANADA - A salmon farm near the central coast village of Klemtu experienced two algae blooms during the summer, the most recent of which killed hundreds of tonnes of farmed Atlantic salmon

Alaskan Marketing Behind Salmon Farming Controversy?
CANADA - Having worked in the salmon farming industry during 2002 and 2003, I am well aware of the environmental impacts of salmon farming. And like most people, I feel that the recent escapes and recent deaths of sea lions in Clayoquot Sound are unacceptable,...

Government Invests $1.1 Million in Aquaculture
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND - The Honourable Gerry Ritz, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board, has announced a $1,097,000 cash boost for the aquaculture sector. The money has been awarded to the Canadian Aquaculture...

Ritz to visit Prince Edward Island to announce Alliance funding
CANADA - The Honourable Gerry Ritz, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board, will be in Springbrook, near Charlottetown on 27 September 2007.

Climate change brings ups and downs for lobster
CANADA - Global warming is leading to complicated and unexpected changes for the lobster industry, say scientists gathered at an international conference in Charlottetown.

Fish farmers advised to add plants
CANADA - A farmer whose sole product is fish can harvest bigger profits if a vegetable or herb crop is added to the system, said presenters at a conference on aquaculture.

Continued opposition to salmon farming in British Columbia
CANADA - On September 17, 2007, thirty-three notable scientists sent an open letter to Prime Minister Stephan Harper and Premier Gordon Campbell regarding the threat to British Columbia’s wild Pacific salmon from sea lice due to farmed salmon.

Lice from fish farms called threat
CANADA - Eighteen prominent scientists and researchers say there is no question that sea lice from fish farms are lethal to wild salmon, no evidence to the contrary and a need for greater protection.

International call to end open-net farms
CANADA - Renewed calls to reform salmon farming practices around the world were issued internationally Tuesday by environmental groups and scientists who asserted that the farms will soon push many wild salmon populations to extinction.