Canada’s Farmed Seafood Conference 2017 November 21-22, 2017 Ottawa, ON A competitive, sustainable, diverse and growing farmed-raised seafood sector that…
Source: Mata Press Service - published by asingh on Tue, 10/03/2017 - 18:26 British Columbia’s salmon aquaculture industry, often lambasted at home…
Source: By Mata Press Service In a remote area northwest of Vancouver Island called Kyuquot Sound, sablefish, a Japanese delicacy…
B.C.’s original fish farmers date back to only the mid-1970s and 1980s. The industry was initially experimental in the 1970s…
Farm-raised salmon are free of sea lice when they are entered into the ocean, but during the fall adult wild…
No. A comprehensive study into dozens of possible threats that may have affected the return of Fraser River sockeye (2009)…
In any animal population there are individuals born with deformities, or who suffer from stunted growth or injuries. This is…
Without salmon farming in aquaculture, wild fish are at risk of overfishing Fish are the world’s largest traded food commodity.…
Farm-raised salmon is B.C.’s highest valued seafood product. Farmed salmon is the province’s top agricultural export, and generates over $1.5-billion…
Shellfish aquaculture is the farming (i.e., cultivation and harvest) of aquatic invertebrates, such as oysters, clams and mussels. Cultivation implies…
Shellfish farms are located primarily around the west coast of Vancouver Island and in the Georgia Basin. The cool, nutrient-rich…
In Canada, the main species of shellfish farmed commercially are clams, geoducks, mussels, oysters and scallops. Clams The Manila Clam…
After more than a decade of U.S.-funded attacks targeted exclusively on B.C.’s salmon farm industry, the tide is finally turning.…
B.C. Agriculture Minister Lana Popham was accused of intimidation on Monday for her handling of a letter to a fish…
Sport fishing occurs both in tidal and non-tidal (fresh) waters throughout the province of British Columbia. British Columbia has a…
British Columbia has a diverse seafood industry with marine commercial fisheries providing enhanced social and economic benefits through responsible management…
BC Shellfish Festival was a blast last year and coming soon again. Save the date for the 12th annual BC Shellfish…