Strong Uptake of Lobster Loan
CANADA - A low interest loan program for lobster fishermen has proved popular with shellfish men on south side of Prince Edward Island.

BC Salmon Stocks Threatened by Squid
CANADA - Scientists are increasingly concerned about a rampaging pack of Humboldt squid now moving through British Columbia waters.

Short Changed - PEI Fisheries Budget Cut
CANADA - Prince Edward Island's Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture took a slight cut when the PEI government unveiled its 2008-2009 budget, in spite of an announcement that some new initiatives are planned.

Lobster Prices Prompt Concern
CANADA - Fishermen in southwest Nova Scotia are greatly concerned that lobster prices will be lower this year than they were on last season's opening day.

Chilean Tours Urges MLA To Push for Domestic Industry
NOVA SCOTIA - Southwestern Nova Scotia has to greatly expand its fish-farming operations, says Liberal fisheries critic Junior Theriault who has just returned from a tour of several aquaculture operations in Chile.

'Holistic 'Aquaculture On TV Tonight
CANADA - A ground-breaking project by Dr Thierry Chopin of the University of New Brunswick in Saint John and Dr Shawn Robinson of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans in St Andrews, is about to be featured on TV.

Funds Raised for Salmon Conservation
CANADA - About 200 people took part in the fourth annual benefit dinner for the Restigouche River Watershed Management Council held April 11 at the Campbellton Regional Memorial Civic Centre.

Salmon Transfer Worth Trying
CANADA - The federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans should let biologist Alexandra Morton transport salmon fry so they don't have to pass by fish farms in the Broughton Archipelago as they migrate to the open sea.

US Demand Up, But BC Farmers Won't Match it
BRITISH COLUMBIA - BC salmon farmers could stand to benefit from the closure of commercial fisheries in California and much of Oregon this year. Demand for the provinces farmers salmon is likely to increase.

Fisheries Must Stand Alone, Say Tories
CANADA - The decision to lump rural development with the Department of Fisheries have come under fire in the P.E.I. legislature.

Self-Policing - Best Way to Protect Wild Salmon
CANADA - A self-policing system will help preserve Canda's wild fish stocks and enhance its global competitiveness, says a leading scientist.

Advanced Sorting System Makes Debut
ONTARIO - State-of-the-art equipment to rapidly mark all hatchery reared trout and salmon stocked into Lake Ontario will make its provincial debut at the O.F.A.H./Toronto Sportsmen's Show Ringwood Fish Culture Station this week.

No recourse for scammed mussel farmer
CANADA - A Prince Edward Island mussel grower who took part in the federal government's foreign-worker program was burned to the tune of more than $50,000.

BC Frustration as High Salmon Demand Not Served
US - Demand from US buyers for farmed British Columbia's salmon is outstripping supply and the situation is expected to continue, writes Carla Wilson .

$24M Research Funding fo Aquaculture
CANADA - Research directed at increased production of high-quality farmed salmon off the south coast of Newfoundland has received a funding commitment totalling over $24 million.

Anglers Catching Escaped Trout
CANADA - Some of the hundreds of thousands of trout that escaped from their aquaculture cages off Coffin Island in Queens County Nova Scotia are now being caught by anglers.

Morton's Migrating Salmon Scoop Stopped
CANADA - An application to evacuate wild salmon away from Broughton Archipelago fish farms has ben rejected by federal government. The move puts biologist Alexandra Morton's, who made the proposal, in a precarious position and at risk of a $100,000 fine...

Lice Makes Full Page News for MH
CANADA - A Set of full page advertisements in two of Canada's leading newspapers are being used by the world's largest farmed salmon producer to quell consumer concerns about wild fish health.

Salmon Farming - Takes More than It Gives Back
CANADA - There has been a strong push recently by governments in both the United States and Canada for citizens to increase their fish consumption because of health benefits. writes Chris Genovali, Executive Director of Raincoast Conservation.

Farmed is the Future for BC, says MLA
CANADA - MLA Ron Cantelon is making no apologies for his comments, that suggest commercial fishing of wild salmon should stop and should be done more to promote fish farming.

Where's the Fish-Farm Plan?
CANADA - If fish farms are now banned from the North Coast while the government reworks its approach to the industry, why are the same kinds of aquaculture operations expanding in the waters off Vancouver Island?

New Directions for PEI's Provincial Ministers
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND - Three of PEI's cabinet ministers had their department portfolios shuffled and renamed yesterday during a swearing-in ceremony at Fanningbank. With some changes for the Aquaculture Department.