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Friday, June 24, 2022
Aquaculture facilities in British Columbia, Canada, get two-year license renewal
Canada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) has announced a two-year renewal of licenses for marine finfish aquaculture facilities outside the Discovery Islands in British Columbia, Canada.
Tuesday, March 8, 2022
Canada's withholding of salmon farming licenses in British Columbia could cause economic damage
Major economic damage and job losses could be on the cards if Canada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans does not reissue 79 salmon farming licenses in British Columbia (BC).
Wednesday, December 29, 2021
Flood-affected livestock producers in British Columbia, Canada, get support to acquire forage
Commercial livestock producers in British Columbia, Canada, affected by recent floods are receiving support to buy immediate emergency supplies of forage food to keep their animals fed and healthy.
Wednesday, December 1, 2021
Environmental groups oppose site expansion of open-net salmon farming in British Columbia, Canada
Four environmental groups in Canada have issued a news release late last month, objecting to 12 site expansions of open-net salmon farms, including "one entirely new 4,400-metric tonne open-net salmon farm" in British Columbia.
Wednesday, October 6, 2021
Blue Star updates on RAS operation in British Columbia, Canada
Blue Star Foods Corp. (BSFC), an integrated Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) seafood company, provided an update on October 4 regarding its efforts to develop the first full-scale commercial salmon recirculating aquaculture syste ...
Wednesday, June 30, 2021
Blue Star Foods acquires British Columbia, Canada RAS business
Blue Star Foods Corp. has completely acquired Taste of BC Aquafarms, a recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) salmon farming operation in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada.
Tuesday, June 8, 2021
Salmon virus discovered in British Columbia, Canada waters linked to farms in Norway, according to study
A virus discovered in farmed salmon has spread between net-pen salmon farms and wild juvenile chinook salmon in British Columbia (Canada) waters, according to a new genomics analysis published in Science Advance.
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
COVID-19 outbreak confirmed at poultry processing plant in British Columbia, Canada
Public health authorities in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, have identified a COVID-19 outbreak at Sunrise Poultry Processors Ltd processing plant.
Friday, January 8, 2021
Salmon producers in British Columbia, Canada, share concerns over phasing out of open net fish farms
Mayors and members of the aquaculture industry in British Columbia, Canada, signed an open letter to the country's Fisheries Minister, Bernadette Jordan, on not being informed of a planned phasing out of open net farming.
Monday, November 16, 2020
Canada to end open-net salmon farming in British Columbia, possibly adopts area-based approach to aquaculture
Canada's plan to terminate open-net salmon farms on the British Columbia coast could lead to different rules for different areas of the province.
Friday, November 6, 2020
Salmon along Canada's British Columbia coast more likely to encounter pathogens near salmon farms
A new study has found wild salmon along the British Columbia, Canadian coastline to have an almost triple possibility to encounter harmful pathogens near active salmon farms.
Monday, October 12, 2020
Canadian salmon farmers to invest in support of British Columbia aquaculture post-COVID-19
Salmon farmers in British Columbia, Canada, plan to invest $113 million in aquaculture projects and create close to 450 new jobs as they seek to support the province in its post-COVID-19 recovery.
Friday, October 2, 2020
British Columbia, Canada conservationists unhappy over conclusion on pathogen risk on wild salmon
A recent conclusion on the potential environmental impact of salmon farms at the Discovery Islands, Canada, on wild salmons has roused the unhappiness of their opponents.
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
No risk to wild stocks despite presence of Atlantic salmon farms off British Columbia, Canada
Atlantic salmon farms in the Discovery Islands off British Columbia, Canada, are of no significant threat to the health of wild stocks migrating through the area, a study has found.
Friday, May 1, 2020
COVID-19 hits another poultry farm in Canada's British Columbia
Fraser Valley Specialty Poultry in Chilliwack, a city in the province of British Columbia, Canada, confirms that a worker has tested positive for the coronavirus and is now in quarantine, reported NEWS 1130.

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