aquaculture industry

Canada’s farmed seafood production has fallen to a decade low, even as the United States advances national legislation to expand aquaculture for food security and coastal growth.

“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

U.S. seafood leaders rally behind new legislation to expand ocean fish farming, while Canada struggles without a national framework for aquaculture.

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 …

A 22-month farmed salmon production cycle with zero mechanical delousing treatments highlights how Indigenous stewardship and innovation is reshaping aquaculture in British Columbia. By Fabian DawsonSeaWestNews The Ahousaht First Nation …

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

While the U.S. strengthens salmon aquaculture for food resilience, Canada is weakening it at the behest of ideological activists.

Coastal First Nations in BC say this year’s sockeye surge is cause for celebration but warn that activist claims tying it to salmon farm closures misrepresent science, undermines reconciliation and …

Claims that the removal of salmon farms along the east coast of Vancouver Island is why we are seeing a bounty of Fraser-bound sockeye are “absolute nonsense”, says Chief John …

Science shows no link between salmon farm closures and Fraser sockeye, yet news outlets continue amplifying misinformation from activist groups.

PM Mark Carney has warned Canadians to be wary of what they stand to lose…For BC’s salmon farming sector, that means thousands of jobs, food security, Indigenous-led prosperity and a …

As British Columbia celebrates one of its strongest wild salmon runs in years, activist spin doctors are twisting the story to fit their anti-fish farming agenda, as shown by analysis …

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

Hundreds gather in Campbell River to support local food bank and push back on federal plan to phase out ocean salmon farming, warning of job losses and deepening hardship in …

More than 1,000 expected at community BBQ, which aims to send a message to Prime Minister Mark Carney that rural jobs, Indigenous rights, and food security are at risk under …

PM Carney Canada’s agriculture leaders, including from aquaculture, are calling on Ottawa to treat food production as a pillar of economic policy and a foundation for national growth.

Cermaq has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Grieg Seafood ASA’s operations in British Columbia, Newfoundland, and Finnmark, Norway

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.

From salmon farming to the energy sector, the activist playbook leans on deception to turn fiction into funding.

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.