October 9, 2015
Congratulations Marine Harvest Canada and Grieg Seafood
Marine Harvest Canada First to Complete Group Farm Pilot
October 5, 2015 - Campbell River
Marine Harvest Canada has successfully completed a pilot of the Best Aquaculture Practice’s (BAP) new group farm program, resulting in 11 of its salmon farm sites attaining BAP certification, the Global Aquaculture Alliance announced today.
Grieg’s Skuna Bay hatchery achieves BAP certification
BCSFA, Oct. 08, 2015
The Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) has awarded its Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification to Grieg Seafood’s Gold River hatchery on Vancouver Island.
Reminder – Your Vote Counts!
Advance Polls are now open – Oct. 9, 10, 11 and 12 – noon to 8:00pm
Check the Elections Canada website at: http://www.elections.ca/home.aspx to find the information you need to Vote, just g o to My Voter Information and type in your postal code.
For your reference:
Salmon Facts are Sacred, Oct. 02, 2015
With the federal election on the horizon we thought we would lay out the various party platforms with regards to aquaculture. We are focusing on the top four parties vying for country wide seats in alphabetical order...
Federal election candidates address questions for riding - North Island-Powell River
Powell River Peak, September 30, 2015
Leading up to the October 19 federal election, the Peak will be asking party candidates for the North Island-Powell River riding a series of four questions and printing their responses to one question each issue.
What is the most critical issue facing aquaculture and fisheries in this riding?
Salmon News
Oncoming El Niño likely to continue species shakeup in Pacific
NOAA Fisheries, Oct. 2015
One-two punch of El Niño and "warm blob" could boost coastal temperatures and supercharge storms
Southern fish species showing up near Victoria in the Salish Sea
By Richard Wats, Times Colonist October 5, 2015
Southern fish are showing up near Victoria in unexpected numbers, say ocean biologists at the University of Washington.
Exotic species alert
FishfarmingXpert, Oct. 5, 2015
Salmon farmers in BC are seeing evidence of climate change as exotic species frequent the waters where they work.
Dozens of new fish species identified in waters off Parksville Qualicum Beach
Candace Wu - Parksville Qualicum Beach News, Oct 8, 2015
Coho salmon may need to move over and make room for the likes of the Pacific viperfish, long snout prickleback and Jordania Zonope...VIU Deep Bay Marine Field Station manager Brian Kingzett said the data comes as no surprise — but it opens the door to a plethora of possibilities.
Warm water blob may be cause of smaller salmon
By Michael Carman, Peninsula Daily News, Oct. 8, 2015
BRINGING IN A coho weighing in the double digits isn't an impossible task, but let's face it, the silvers are smaller than normal this season. The pink run that pushed through in the thousands in July and August also was smaller than usual. There's a correlation at play here between the two salmon species, according to research done by biologists at universities up and down the West Coast.
Urban runoff killing coho salmon, but simple solution within reach
Filtration through column of soil and sand eliminates toxic effects of urban stormwater on fish
NOAA Fisheries West Coast Region, October 8, 2015
SEATTLE - Toxic runoff from highways, parking lots and other developed surfaces is killing many of the adult coho salmon in urban streams along the West Coast, according to a new study that for the first time documents the fatal connection between urban stormwater and salmon survival.
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Breathtaking footage captures whales playing under northern lights
A photographer in Norway has captured some breathtaking images of humpback whales playing at night underneath the spectacular northern lights.
