BC Seafood

“It will be a shuckingly good seafood celebration”

BC Seafood Festival returns to the Comox Valley with a range of chefs and events to celebrate the bounty of…

2 years ago

BC Seafood Festival and Expo postponed due to COVID-19

Western Canada’s largest seafood festival organisers looking for new dates in September to stage modified event. By SeaWestNews The BC…

4 years ago

A salute to our farmers, on land and sea

“There is a palpable growing appreciation of our farmers, both on land and sea, who continue to toil outdoors, so…

4 years ago

Seafood sleuths go viral to keep B.C. oyster farmers shucking

Three new studies announced to protect and bolster oyster farming in British Columbia By SeaWestNews Seafood sleuths are set to…

4 years ago

Everybody a winner at the 2019 BC Seafood Festival

Record-breaking crowds enjoyed slurping and sampling their way through a bounty of fresh BC Seafood By Samantha McLeodSeaWestNews Everybody was…

5 years ago

Meet BC Seafood Festival’s Chef Milheron, West Restaurant

A highly driven and creative talent, Chef Bobby Milheron is known for being an ardent supporter of local and peak-of-season…

5 years ago

Eat, learn, play at the BC Seafood Expo and Festival

Over 85 events and tours are being featured at the 2019 BC Seafood Expo and Festival in Comox Valley By…

5 years ago

Ancora’s Chef Ricardo Valverde – BC Seafood Festival

“As an advocate of responsible fishing practices, I am happy to support a festival, which among other things, celebrates seafood…

5 years ago

Cooking up a storm at BC Seafood Fest

BC Seafood Expo and Festival 2019 boasts an incredible array of seafood chefs and mixologists that light up the stage…

5 years ago

‘A unique opportunity to learn about BC seafood’

The BC Seafood Expo and Festival provides B.C. companies the opportunity to promote their products to an international audience and…

5 years ago

B.C Seafood Festival’s Chef Shelome Bouvette

“My ultimate goal is to spend time with chefs and B.C. seafood and get inspired by everyone's creativity and to…

5 years ago

EU buyers fishing for seafood at B.C. Expo

“The BC Seafood Expo is a great venue to meet buyers from Europe,” - European Union (EU) Chamber of Commerce…

5 years ago

Seoul searching for salmon at BC Seafood Expo 2019

B.C. salmon worth $540,000 sold within 45 minutes via a television home shopping segment in South Korea. By SeaWestNews South…

5 years ago

BC Seafood Expo 2019 Chef Line-up

BC Seafood Expo 2019 chef line-up offers a wide range of talents from around the Comox valley. Located midway on…

5 years ago

B.C. Seafood Expo 2019 to showcase bounty of our oceans

The B.C. Seafood Expo 2019 event in Comox Valley, on Vancouver Island on June 12 and 13 is one of…

5 years ago

‘Our salmon farmers do not grow GM salmon’

“Salmon farmer members of the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance (CAIA), representing virtually all farmed salmon in Canada, do not grow…

5 years ago

Canada’s bounty of the seas to be showcased in Boston

North America's largest seafood exposition attracts over 100 Canadian agencies and companies. By Fabian DawsonSeaWestNews More than 100 seafood companies…

5 years ago

Opening up minds about aquaculture in 2019

New Pacific Northwest alliance and a slew of initiatives will show how aquaculture will help combat climate change, over-fishing, and…

5 years ago

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.” -…

5 years ago

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…

5 years ago

Feds pump cash to support jobs in BC’s coastal communities

Funding will also assist in ensuring enhanced protection of marine environment By SeaWestNews The federal government is pumping over a…

5 years ago

A year of challenges and opportunities in aquaculture

“The ocean is our answer to providing sustainable, safe and healthy food sources for generations to come.” By Fabian Dawson…

5 years ago

A new era for salmon farming in British Columbia

Deal protects wild salmon stocks, recognizes traditional First Nations rights and paves the way for future expansion of B.C.’s sustainable…

5 years ago

First Nations crucial in Canada’s new approach to aquaculture

Government committed to moving forward with aquaculture in a way that protects the oceans, and fish stocks, and creates thousands…

5 years ago

Salmon farmers carbon footprint

British Columbia’s salmon farming industry has a low carbon footprint, raises responsibly sourced food, and is committed to saving wild…

5 years ago

Just another “day at the office” with Ken Toynbee

“The cleaning allows for optimum water flow through the nets, which increases the oxygen flow for the fish, which leads…

5 years ago

Canada to move ahead with a Federal Aquaculture Act

Canada remains the world’s only major farmed seafood producing country without modern national legislation specifically designed to govern a responsible…

5 years ago

Chef Han is a Master of Korean Cuisine

Chef Han, Kosoo Restaurant + Raw Bar, incorporates British Columbia’s fresh ingredients and the pure goodness of Mediterranean influences to…

5 years ago

“If you build it they will come.”

Poseidon Ocean Systems determined to put their coastal community of Campbell River on the global aquaculture map By Samantha McLeod…

5 years ago

170,000 Canadians urge MPs to tackle plastic pollution

Motion-151, which would create a national strategy to combat plastic pollution is expected to be voted on by MPs in…

5 years ago