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Government decisions to shut down sustainable salmon farming in British Columbia leads to pocketbook pain for Canadian and U.S. households. Recent federal government licensing decisions to shut down sustainable salmon […]
BC Salmon Farmers appoint new executive director. The BC Salmon Farmers Association (BCSFA) in Canada has announced the appointment of Brian Kingzett, as its new Executive Director. Brian has 35 […]
Invasive rats transform reef fish behaviour. Scientists have discovered for the first time that invasive rats on tropical islands are affecting the territorial behaviour of fish on surrounding coral reefs. […]
Canada announces new support for marine conservation. At the United Nation’s Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15), the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Honourable Joyce Murray, […]
Canada publishes guidance on marine conservation measures. Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) has published the Government of Canada’s 2022 Guidance for Recognising Marine Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures (OECM). The […]
QRILL Aqua now approved for import in the Canadian market. Following its FDA approval in June 2022, QRILL™ AQUA continues to make headway in the North American market with its […]
Canadian seal summit concludes. Canada’s Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Honourable Joyce Murray, has closed the two-day Seal Summit, which brought together Indigenous partners, the […]
North Pacific operation to detect illegal fishing completed. Canadian fishery officers have now completed their work in Operation North Pacific Guard, an annual international law enforcement operation on the high seas […]
Canadian collaboration on Aquaculture Management Pilot. The Honourable Joyce Murray, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans, and the Canadian Coast Guard, and Chief Councillor Nicole Rempel of the K’ómoks First Nation announced […]
Canadian Government pledges funding to repair fishing harbour damage. The Honourable Joyce Murray, Canada’s Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, and the Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Minister […]
Seafood company invests in candy business. Two well-known entrepreneurial New Brunswick families have teamed up to strengthen and grow Canada’s oldest candy and chocolate company. Glenn Cooke, CEO of aquaculture […]
First EU-Canada Ocean Partnership Forum. The 1st Ocean Partnership Forum between the EU and Canada took place in Brussels on 3 and 4 October. Co-designed by the European Commission and the […]
Ocean Brands launches new line of canned fish. Ocean Brands, a leading brand of sustainably caught fish for over half a century in Canada, is launching its Ocean’s line of […]
Funding boost for British Columbia salmon support scheme. The Minister of Fisheries, Oceans, and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Honourable Joyce Murray and the BC Minister of Land, Water, and […]
Cooke enters agreement for acquirement of Tassal. Cooke Inc., parent company of Cooke Aquaculture Inc. of New Brunswick, Canada, and Tassal Group Limited of Australia, has announced that they have […]
Canada supports Inuit led stewardship efforts. In Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada, the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Honourable Joyce Murray, announced $3.53 million in funding over […]
Salmon Scotland’s Tavish Scott to address global aquaculture conference in Canada. The chief executive of Salmon Scotland, Tavish Scott, will today set out the positive case for aquaculture in a […]
Blue Star Foods achieves significant RAS Division milestones. Blue Star Foods Corp., an integrated Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) sustainable seafood company with a focus on Recirculatory Aquaculture Systems (RAS), […]
Canada takes next step in transition away from open-net salmon farming in BC. Fisheries and Oceans Canada is taking the next step to transition from open-net pen aquaculture in British […]
Grieg Seafood BC’s new RAS facility completed and performing well. The expansion of Grieg Seafood BC Ltd.’s (Grieg’s) Gold River Hatchery Expansion Project in Canada, known as RAS 34, was […]
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