Aquaculture in Canada

“We have the natural assets to lead in aquaculture, but if we don’t act with urgency, we will simply miss the opportunity” – Canada’s Ocean Supercluster CEO, Kendra MacDonald

Through decades of research, teaching, and global outreach, Cyr Couturier has turned the promise of aquaculture into a model for sustainable livelihoods, food security, and coastal resilience.

This Thanksgiving season, a new campaign is shining a light on farmers, on land and at sea, and the innovations shaping a more sustainable food future for Canada. By Fabian …

A new EAT–Lancet Commission report highlights aquaculture as a cornerstone of future food systems, laying bare why Canada needs to grow its seafood farming sector and scrap the activist-induced plan …

“Telling us to remove salmon farms from our territories is an attempt to override our rights, our governance, and our self-determination,” say coastal First Nations in BC, as Canada marks …

At the Get It Done BC forum, mayors warn that rural communities and industries like aquaculture, forestry, and mining face collapse unless the provincial government steps up to defend them.

Industry leaders, scientists, politicians, and policymakers gather in St. John’s, Newfoundland, this week to tackle the pressing challenges facing Canada’s aquaculture sector

Indigenous leaders unite to blend ancestral knowledge with modern science, positioning aquaculture as a solution for food security, sovereignty, and sustainable coastal economies.

New peer-reviewed findings show the evidence does not support the narrative that “no salmon farms mean no sea lice”, raising fresh questions about Ottawa’s activist-induced plan to curtail ocean-based aquaculture …

“I believe Canada can become a global leader in the next generation of aquaculture production,” says Federal Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson.

In a pre-budget submission, seafood farmers urge Ottawa to deliver investment certainty and formally recognise aquaculture as agriculture.

New OECD-FAO and World Bank reports champion seafood farming as key to feeding the planet, but Canada’s aquaculture sector remains paralysed by political indecision.

New peer-reviewed study exposes flawed science, misrepresented risks, and activist influence behind Trudeau-era plan to eliminate ocean-based salmon aquaculture in British Columbia

A collaboration between University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) and Vancouver Island’s Browns Bay Packing Company aims to change the way seafood is packaged and shipped across the globe.

Canada Day call for Indigenous partnership and economic resilience fuels Campbell River’s push to revive aquaculture, protect resource-sector jobs, and demand science-based reforms from policymakers.

As the World Bank calls for bold expansion in global seafood production, Canada is steering BC salmon farmers toward unproven and unviable small-scale land-based fish farms.

First, I want to be clear that although the topic of this op-ed is my viewpoint from supporting First Nations working with salmon farming in their territories, I am not …

Anti-salmon farming activists’ flush facts for clickbait and poop-fueled outrage, as their video “evidence” floats on fiction and flounders in fact.

As Indigenous leaders assert rights, fishers demand fairness, and anti-aquaculture activists try to shape policy, PM Carney must steer through Canada’s most politically charged coastal crisis.

Salmon farming sector pays tribute to Linda Sams, an aquaculture icon, whose four-decade career shaped the future of sustainable fish farming across communities, countries, and cultures.

The environmental NGO sector is the most unregulated industry in the country but nobody in Ottawa is scrutinizing them or the claims they make, warns one of Canada’s top public …

After years of being targeted by activists and sidelined by Ottawa, First Nations, aquaculture leaders, scientists, and politicians are rising in unison to reclaim salmon farming’s rightful place as a …

“Currently, there is a profound policy disconnect between Ottawa’s rhetoric on food security, Indigenous rights, and job creation, and its actions on aquaculture”

Seafood farmers, First Nations welcome Joanne Thompson’s return as Fisheries Minister and Jonathan Wilkinson’s exit from cabinet as signs of a science-based, indigenous-led reset for salmon aquaculture.

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‘Farmers of the Water’ toolkit aims to debunk anti-fish farming myths and empower students to become sustainable aquaculture advocates

Court ruling highlights federal disregard for credible science, activist-driven decisions, and significant economic harm to salmon farmers and aquaculture-related businesses in British Columbia.

Innovations in aquaculture together with a nationally connected, science-driven strategy could grow Canada’s Blue Economy fivefold to $220 billion by 2035, states a new report.

With a federal election looming and tariff threats rising, the Western Business Coalition is urging the next government to overturn Ottawa’s marine salmon farming ban in B.C. and adopt science-based, …