Fish Feed Scare Highlights Challenges Of Aquaculture Boom

The recent discovery that feed used on some U.S. fish farms contained the toxin melamine highlights the challenges facing the booming aquaculture sector, which today supplies some 44% of all fish consumed ...

A report that's totally unacceptable

The above tells you all you need to know about the reaction in Kitkatla to the report of the Committee on Sustainable Aquaculture.

Fish Farm report finally released and becomes instantly controversial

The recently released provincial report into Fish Farming has called for ban on farms north of Vancouver Island, a recommendation that isn 't particularly sitting well with First Nation's communities in ...

MLA's provide background into committee deliberations

The Daily News completed its comprehensive coverage into the Fish Farming report on Thursday, with a Question and Answer session with the North Coast's MLA, Gary Coons.

The fish farm debate provides a tale of two towns

The Tyee has begun an examination of the fish farming issue on the north coast, the first installment providing an indepth look at two local communities that have seen different results from the path they've ...

Icicle Seafoods to farm fish in Chile

United States - April 30, 2007 - In March, Icicle Seafoods Inc. made an announcement that shocked some people: It was jumping into the farmed salmon and trout business in Chile.

Two Towns, One Choice

For the past eight months, Vancouver journalist Helen Polychronakos has been exploring the world of fish farms and B.C.'s aboriginal communities.

Coastal first nations split on the fish farming issue

On Thursday, the Tyee published the second part of its extensive review of the Fish farming controversy along B. C.'s coast.

Opinions Split On Re...

A B.C. legislature committee says massive changes are needed in the way fish farms operate on the British Columbia coast - a report endorsed by environmentalists and some First Nations but condemned by the ...

North Coast united against fish farms

Canada - May 23, 2007 - Dan Miller's audacious opinion piece on the plight of B.C.'s fish farm industry omits reference to the scientific studies that link salmon farms to sea-lice infestations and a recent Synovate poll that found that 72 per cent of northwest B.C. residents oppose fish farms.

Opinions split on report that recommends radical change to B.C. salmon farming

A B.C. legislature committee says massive changes are needed in the way fish farms operate on the British Columbia coast - a report endorsed by environmentalists and some First Nations but condemned by the ...

Tourism body calls for seasonal fallowing of fish farms

Canada - May 10, 2007 - Fish farms located near the migration routes of wild salmon should be seasonally fallowed, according to the president of the Wilderness Tourism Association of B.C.

Muscle mass improved by Omega 3 fatty acids

Canada - May 10, 2007 - Research shows that omega-3 fatty acids from fish oil have a positive effect on the metabolism of muscle proteins; a finding that could have significant implications for human health as well as in the fields of animal farming.

Cermaq Ignores Shareholder Resolution, Refuses to Clean Up Its Act

Norwegian state opposes an independent review of Cermaq's global salmon farming practices OSLO, Norway, May 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ - - Cermaq's board of directors today announced defeat of the shareholder ...

Melamine threat jumps to wild salmon

Canada - May 11, 2007 - A toxic chemical linked to the deaths of countless North American pets did not wind up in a Clayoquot Sound salmon farm's feed, says a company spokesman.

GM seed stranded at Chilean seaport

Chile - May 1, 2007 - Close to 200 tonnes of a genetically modified seed laden with fish growth hormone, which is not allowed anywhere near Canadian dinner tables or farm fields, is sitting at a Chilean port waiting to be loaded onto a ship for Vancouver.

Canada says fish-feed contamination won't hurt humans

Canadian officials said today they have no plans to quarantine or test fish that ate feed with low levels of the same chemical that has been linked to the pet-food recall, saying a health assessment indicates ...

Aquaculture products safe to eat, say Canadian authorities

CANADIAN food safety authorities have confirmed that it is safe to eat aquaculture products following the detection of trace levels of melamine in a batch of fish feed shipped to the United States by Canadian manufacturer Skretting.

120 fish farms sent contaminated feed

North America - May 11, 2007 - Fish feed made with a contaminated Chinese ingredient was distributed to about 120 fish hatcheries and farms, roughly split between the United States and Canada, officials said Thursday.

Let's keep our options open on the Coast

Canada - May 12, 2007 - A last minute plea for common-sense to be applied by the BC Committee for Sustainable Aquaculture by a former MLA for the region.