Stormwater runoff of urban roadways pose toxic danger to wild salmon Washington State University researchers have found that salmon face…
Industry veterans say that the salmon farming industry practice of adopting state-of-the art technology to clean pen nets in B.C.…
Farmed fish and shellfish are both excellent natural sources of high quality protein and essential nutrients By SeaWestNews Farmed fish…
From heart disease to aging, seafood consumption has a range of benefits for your body and mind By SeaWestNews There…
Keenan Andrew is getting closer to finally starting the career he’s been working towards for years, thanks in part to…
We get to live, work, and play in one of the most beautiful places on earth, says 30-year retiring veteran…
Panel will help government remain a strong, science-based regulator of the aquaculture industry (Pictured) Canada’s chief science advisor, Dr. Mona…
By Caroline Graham The North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission(NPAFC) Increasingly, national and international government organizations are pointing to aquaculture as…
“We are prepared to do the necessary hard work to find a path forward together in the Broughton Archipelago in…
We don’t need any green college fund babies telling us what to do in our territories says Calvin Helin, a…
Jeremy Dunn, executive director at the BC Salmon Farmers Association (BCSFA), is leaving the producers’ organisation to join Marine Harvest…
By Maurice Isaac Maurice Isaac (pictured) is a member of the Tlowitsis First Nation, and lives in Alert Bay. He…
Bycatch - Canada is not alone when it comes to poor management in the catch of non-target fish and ocean…
There are many people involved in Aquaculture management as they work diligently to ensure Canadians are getting healthy food, while…
British Columbia continues to use safe and healthy farming practices to assist nature in staying ahead of the snowballing requests…
Image - Vancouver Island fish processor, Real Lapointe at his retirement party held at Marine Harvest Canada’s salmon processing plant…
By Seawestnews “Beyond a stated preference for sockeye salmon, the Squamish Nation did not address why other fish cannot satisfy…
Report is the first in a series that will assess the risk of pathogen transfer associated with aquaculture activities to…
“B.C. is the only such region in the world to have this distinction for its entire Atlantic salmon production,” https://www.seafoodsource.com/news/environment-sustainability/seafood-watch-upgrades-atlantic-salmon-farmed-in-british-columbia-canada
One of the biggest sources for seafood for the United States are the coastal waters of British Columbia, from where…
The wholesale value of B.C. farmed raised salmon rose to $796 million in 2016, creating 2,966 direct jobs and 2,716…
More than eight million Atlantic salmon have been intentionally released into B.C. rivers and lakes, beginning more than a century…
Geoducks are a $45 million dollar a year business and only so many of the clams can be harvested each…
Dozens of international seafood buyers – mostly from Asia – flocked to the picturesque Comox Valley in British Columbia to…
Blackfin Pub serves up BC seafood and is the first of many family operated businesses that visitors discover as they…
The International Symposium on Aquatic Animal Health, September 2-6, 2018 Charlottetown, PE Every four years, the American Fisheries Society –…
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…