Category Archives: Aquaculture

For those of you following the provincial aquaculture regulatory review, the Stakeholder Roundtable Report has been posted on the review website. This report is the outcome of the stakeholder discussions and represents the Roundtables’s advice to the Panel member Professors … Continue reading →

by: John Sollows, TREPA, Executive Director The government has appointed an independent panel of Dalhousie law professors Meinhard Doelle and Bill Lahey to propose an aquaculture regulatory framework for Nova Scotia. As a first step, the co-chairs have split and … Continue reading →

Following on Fisheries and Aquaculture Minister Sterling Belliveau’s May announcement that the government planned to develop regulations for a more sustainable industry, the province has organized public meetings. Meetings will be held as follows: July 30: Rodd Grand Hotel, 417Main … Continue reading →

We would like to bring your attention to a new documentary film about salmon farming titled Salmon Confidential. It is produced by Alexandra Morton, Twyla Roscovich and Anissa Reed of British Columbia. After more than two decades of trying to … Continue reading →

Overwaitea Food Group, 180 stores in BC, has eliminated net-pen farmed salmon from its stores and now only sells farmed salmon from closed-containment systems. They are the first of Canada’s eight large grocery store chains to make this commitment and … Continue reading →