BC Seafood

With food insecurity rising and affordability measures rolling out, seafood farmers want aquaculture formally embedded in Canada’s new National Food Security Strategy, not left trapped in politics.

The World Economic Forum says surging seafood demand will put aquaculture at the heart of global food security, as Canada wrestles with the on-the-ground reality of its planned phase-out of …

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Davos message should come straight back to Canada and land on one file Ottawa has fumbled for years: ocean salmon farming in British Columbia.

From aquaculture to forestry and pipeline construction, activists are cloaking their ideological campaigns in hereditary authority to block resource projects in British Columbia, warns an Indigenous resource-development advocate.

Shifting animal protein production from the ocean to land puts far more species at risk, according to an international study that challenges the assumptions behind Ottawa’s plan to phase out …

From sea lice claims to disease scare tactics, four activist narratives drove pressure on salmon farming in British Columbia in 2025, even as long-term science repeatedly contradicted them.

Veteran U.S.-based fisheries scientist says Ottawa risks repeating Washington State’s aquaculture policy failure with its plan to ban ocean salmon farming in BC.

Ending the proposed ocean salmon farming ban in BC is the clearest signal PM Mark Carney can send to show that his environmental policy on aquaculture will be guided by …

A record food drive highlights how young professionals in BC’s salmon farming sector are connecting food security, community responsibility, and the future of aquaculture.

Amid an activist-driven federal plan to end ocean salmon farming on Canada’s West Coast, the Tlowitsis First Nation declares outside actors are undermining economic partnerships essential for rebuilding their community.

Seafood is expected to see the smallest price increase next year, even as trade uncertainty and salmon farming policy disputes in BC raise concerns about future supply and affordability.

Federal funding is successfully advancing Canadian aquaculture technology overseas, exposing a growing disconnect with domestic policy that is sidelining locally farmed salmon in favour of imports.

New federal data show modest growth in farmed seafood production, but a decade after peaking, Canada’s aquaculture sector remains deeply constrained by policy uncertainty as global competitors scale up.

The Campbell River seafood processor marked its billion-pound milestone by donating 12,000 cans of salmon to the local food bank, underscoring a long-standing link between seafood production, food security and …

The 2025 CAIA Sustainability Report documents reduced antibiotic use, improved fish survival, stronger feed sourcing standards, and expanded environmental reporting across Canada’s salmon farming sector.

British Columbia’s ‘Look West Plan’ calls for export growth, food security and Indigenous opportunity, but its silence on salmon aquaculture exposes a government pulling its own goals in opposite directions.

As the UN reports major international gains in aquaculture, seafood industry leaders gathering in Ottawa warn that Canada is moving in the opposite direction, undermining investment, coastal stability and Indigenous-led …

As AI reshapes seafood farming, Excel Career College on Vancouver Island is preparing workers who can support both aquaculture innovation and ocean stewardship.

More than 70 companies warn that Ottawa’s policy uncertainty is pushing Vancouver Island communities toward an economic breaking point, urging Premier David Eby to support a stable, Indigenous-led path forward …

A new economic outlook warns Vancouver Island has reached the limits of population-driven growth. To sustain jobs and families in coastal communities, the region needs export industries like aquaculture that …

A look at Prime Minister Mark Carney’s pre-budget speech through the eyes of Canada’s seafood farmers, who know aquaculture is a ready-made solution to the bold economic future that he …

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

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 …

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.

The Alliance seeks to rally communities across British Columbia into a powerful collective voice to support resource industries, including salmon aquaculture, forestry, mining, LNG, and tourism, all of which are …

Prime Minister Mark Carney faces a defining choice on the future of  BC’s salmon farming sector that will test his promise to keep Canada’s elbows up. CommentaryBy Fabian Dawson Prime …

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.