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COVID 19 crisis puts focus back on farmers: expert

B.C. government declares food cultivation, including farming, livestock, aquaculture and fishing as essential services, during the current COVID-19 crisis By…

4 years ago

BC’s aquaculture, the most transparent food-industry

The BC Seafood Festival 2018, a celebration of BC's aquaculture industry, is fast approaching. There is no better time than…

6 years ago

From Shanghai to BC Seafood Fest, meet Chef Tony Su

Chef Tony Su brings more than 25 years’ experience to his role as Chinese Executive Chef for Cordis Shanghai, Hongqiao…

6 years ago

Chef Chris Andraza will wow us again at the BC Seafood Festival

Executive Chef Chris Andraza, Fanny Bay Oyster Bar, father says he grew up with a love for food and curative…

6 years ago

Meet Cocktail Extraordinaire Dhaliwal at BC Seafood Festival

Armed with an exhaustive knowledge of cocktail lore and a reputation for shaking up unique, elegant-yet-funky twists on traditional drinks,…

6 years ago

BC Seafood Festival guest chef Chef Lisa Ahier

While Chef Lisa Ahier’s roots are in Fort Worth, Texas her heart is on the west coast of Vancouver Island…

6 years ago

Rock with a heart at the BC Seafood Festival, 2018!

Comox Valley Rocks for Kids! will take place during the 12th annual BC Seafood Festival, being held in the Comox…

6 years ago

Welcome to the office of BC salmon farmers

A hard place to get to but a good place to be, say craftsman salmon farmers in British Columbia  By…

6 years ago

The Omega-3 factor for a healthy body

Eating seafood twice a week contributes to a healthier diet and can play an important role in improving the health…

6 years ago

Wild salmon facing toxic punch from stormwater runoff

Stormwater runoff of urban roadways pose toxic danger to wild salmon Washington State University researchers have found that salmon face…

6 years ago

Why the Washington State fish farm collapse is an “unlikely event” in B.C.

Industry veterans say that the salmon farming industry practice of adopting state-of-the art technology to clean pen nets in B.C.…

6 years ago

Seafood nutrients and why you need them

Farmed fish and shellfish are both excellent natural sources of high quality protein and essential nutrients By SeaWestNews Farmed fish…

6 years ago

Why seafood is good for your health

From heart disease to aging, seafood consumption has a range of benefits for your body and mind By SeaWestNews There…

6 years ago

Cermaq helps First Nations students pursue bright futures

Keenan Andrew is getting closer to finally starting the career he’s been working towards for years, thanks in part to…

6 years ago

  “These really are the good old days”

We get to live, work, and play in one of the most beautiful places on earth, says 30-year retiring veteran…

6 years ago

 Expert panel to provide credible aquaculture science

Panel will help government remain a strong, science-based regulator of the aquaculture industry  (Pictured) Canada’s chief science advisor, Dr. Mona…

6 years ago

Growing fish for a growing World: The Future of Salmon Aquaculture

By Caroline Graham The North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission(NPAFC) Increasingly, national and international government organizations are pointing to aquaculture as…

6 years ago

Aquaculture industry supports talks to address UNDRIP issues in BC

“We are prepared to do the necessary hard work to find a path forward together in the Broughton Archipelago in…

6 years ago

First Nations author warns of paid “puppets and props” used to plug resource projects in Canada.

We don’t need any green college fund babies telling us what to do in our territories says Calvin Helin, a…

6 years ago

Dunn but not gone – Jeremy and the BCSFA

Jeremy Dunn, executive director at the BC Salmon Farmers Association (BCSFA), is leaving the producers’ organisation to join Marine Harvest…

6 years ago

A livelihood threatened by well-funded “bullying”

By Maurice Isaac Maurice Isaac (pictured) is a member of the Tlowitsis First Nation, and lives in Alert Bay. He…

6 years ago

Should we be able to see what bycatch is caught in our oceans?

Bycatch - Canada is not alone when it comes to poor management in the catch of non-target fish and ocean…

6 years ago

Aquaculture Management, a video by the DFO

There are many people involved in Aquaculture management as they work diligently to ensure Canadians are getting healthy food, while…

6 years ago

A career powered by work ethic and a secret potion

Image - Vancouver Island fish processor, Real Lapointe at his retirement party held at Marine Harvest Canada’s salmon processing plant…

6 years ago

Bid for more salmon rejected in Federal Court

By Seawestnews “Beyond a stated preference for sockeye salmon, the Squamish Nation did not address why other fish cannot satisfy…

6 years ago

Low risk of viral transfer from farmed salmon to wild sockeye, says DFO

Report is the first in a series that will assess the risk of pathogen transfer associated with aquaculture activities to…

6 years ago

The 10 most awesome gifts from the ocean

This week you have just a few last moments to find those special tokens of appreciation for the brilliant people…

6 years ago

Discredited activists trot out fishy science again

Group was warned by government not to use “reckless allegations based on incomplete science” to impact livelihood of thousands of…

6 years ago

A solid year for Canada’s seafood farmers

Over 40 First Nation and Indigenous communities are now directly or indirectly involved in farming seafood in Canada. Canada's seafood…

6 years ago

The inconvenient truth about salmon farming in B.C.

The more British Columbians get involved in decisions about how and where our food is produced, the better it will…

6 years ago