Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch recently downgraded BC farmed Atlantic salmon back to “red,” based on pesticide use and concerns about disease transmission to wild salmon. Read the full article here.
Seafood Watch – North America’s most used seafood buying guide – shifts BC farmed salmon rating from “Yellow” to “Red”. BC farmed salmon made the “Avoid” buying list because of an increased concern about impacts of sea lice and disease transmission from farmed fish to wild Pacific salmon. Read more here.
Industry plans expansion of open net pen fish farms despite federal commitment to remove them. Read more here.
“People see it as being the future,” says Rob Fletcher, senior editor at aquaculture website The Fish Site. Read more here.
Great to see land based closed containment innovation on Vancouver Island. Taste of B.C. Aquafarms scales up their production by 15 times, adding up to 165 new jobs. Read more here.
Of all the topics for the upcoming election, wild salmon needs more attention. Hear more from Bob Chamerblin.