Build back better with fisheries and aquaculture: UN
“The fisheries and aquaculture sector has a crucial contribution to make within the Four Betters: Better Production, Better Nutrition, Better Environment and Better Life” –…
Fact checking the anti-fish farm fiction
“While anti-farming opponents rely on outdated and fabricated misinformation to spin their fiction, the world is moving ahead with sustainable salmon aquaculture” CommentaryBy John Paul…
BC’s Blue Revolution with Brad Rempel
“Not only do the aquaculture companies provide sustainable proteins, they also use their dollars to put back into the communities for salmon rehabilitation and other…
Grieg Seafood BC gets a high five overcoming COVID-19 challenges
Celebrating its 20th anniversary in British Columbia, Greig Seafood BC becomes only the second salmon farmer in the world to achieve ASC’s multi-site certification By…
A new high for aquaculture: UN
Aquaculture recognized as producing some of the healthiest foods on the planet with less impacts on the natural environment By SeaWestNews Global aquaculture production has…
Salmon farmers cut antibiotic use by 50 percent: report
“This progress has been made thanks to a concerted effort to rear fish in a healthy environment that limits stress and reduces susceptibility to pathogens,”…
Salmon farmers give 60,000 pounds of protein power to BC food banks
“I have been with Food Banks BC for almost a decade and I have never received a donation like this before…protein donations truly are hard…
Aquaculture firms to the fore in the fight against COVID-19
“We are actively seeking additional ways we can make a true difference in helping our communities weather this storm as we stand together against COVID-19.”…
Wild and farmed seafood critical to future food supply
“Building a strong domestic aquaculture industry is a win-win. It’s good for the economy and good for the planet,” – NOAA By SeaWestNews Danielle Blacklock…
Energy use, emissions will increase with land-based fish farms, but….
Canada’s Fisheries Minister, Bernadette Jordan, hints at what’s in the soon-to-be released State of Salmon Aquaculture Technologies study By Fabian DawsonSeaWestNews Growing salmon to full…
A new dawn for aquaculture in the Pacific Northwest
In the debate over global warming and ocean acidification, most reasonable people say we should listen to NOAA scientists and give credence to NOAA data. …
Salmon sleuths plan another expedition to uncover secrets of the sea
“While we know a fair amount about the lives of salmon close to shore and in our rivers and streams we really don’t know much…
As Canada dithers, the world moves on with aquaculture
Canadian politicians have become victims of science-deficit activism, while countries around the world expand their aquaculture operations By Fabian DawsonSeaWestNews As Canada dithers about growing…
Get some kelp at the Seoul International Buddhism Expo
Seaweed is a key ingredient in Temple Food, which refers to the cuisine of Buddhist monks and nuns in Korea By Samantha McLeodSeaWestNews Seaweed has…
Sea the future with restorative aquaculture
Waters off B.C. have strong potential for development of commercial shellfish and seaweed aquaculture that can also help salmon farmers By Fabian DawsonSeaWestNews Shellfish and…
Fish farms do not need to test for B.C. strain of virus
Decision follows an eight-month scientific review on the issue of transfer of live fish from land-based hatcheries to open-ocean net pens By SeaWestNews The Department…
SeaWestNews editor Fabian Dawson wins B.C.’s highest journalistic honours
“I am humbled and honoured to be awarded the 2019 Jack Webster Foundation’s Bruce Hutchison Lifetime Achievement Award,” said Fabian Dawson. By Samantha McLeod SeaWestNews…
How we can feed the planet while saving the oceans
“Our vision is to stimulate a ‘race to the top’ among investors in which sustainable aquaculture and the wider ocean environment are the ultimate winners.”…
Unleashing the potential of sustainable aquaculture
The expected growth in demand for fish and fish products needs to be largely met from aquaculture. – United Nations FAO report By SeaWestNews Genetic…
Alaska hatchery pink salmon imperil wild stocks
“Growth and survival in North American salmon stocks have been shown to be negatively affected by hatchery-produced pink salmon.” – peer-reviewed study published in Nature…
Why the herring fishery was allowed in BC this year
‘Majority of the herring are left in the water for our chinook and our southern resident killer whales to eat.’ Guest CommentaryBy Jonathan Wilkinson Our…
So how do we farm salmon in the future?
New study will look at the impact of land-based and ocean-based closed-containment salmon farms in British Columbia, as well as offshore aquaculture production systems. By…
Scientists set sail to unlock salmon secrets
“We are all anxious to see and learn about the findings, so that we can better tackle the problems together,” John Paul Fraser, executive director…
Leadership by example to combat plastic pollution
More than 2,400 Fisheries and Oceans and Coast Guard employees pledge to reduce their consumption of single-use plastics By SeaWestNews More than 2,400 Fisheries and…
Aquaculture Ambassador: R.J. Taylor
“We need to find new ways to show Canadians just how kick-ass and caring we are as an industry.” – Raymond J. Taylor, co‐owner, Cedar…
A team that gives to food banks together, stays together
By SeaWestNews It was heartwarming to see our product on the shelves of the food bank freezers, ready to go out to support households in…
Oceans of opportunity in a sustainable Blue Economy
“There is often a misunderstanding that economic growth and environmental protection must be mutually exclusive.” Opinion By Lisa Stadelbauer Canada’s Permanent Representative to the United…
The science of uncertainty dogs the salmon farming debate
Both sides in the salmon farming debate recognize that there are gaps in research, studies and investigations but they disagree on what to do about…
ASC-certified salmon farmers get U.N. nod for responsible aquaculture
Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certification gets UN backing for clarity, credibility and choice in seafood. BC Salmon farms which have the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certification…
Ocean farming to have climate change impact – Plan Now
“If you were a land farmer, would you want to buy property that will be plagued by drought in 15 years? I doubt it. The…