November 27, 2015
Salmon Farming: First Nations as partners
The Province, from the BC Salmon Farmers Association November 19, 2015
78% of the salmon raised in B.C. is done so in partnership with First Nations.
Salmon Farming: First Nations as Partners is the fourth in a 4-part series by BC Salmon Farmers Association
First Nation entrepreneur, James Walkus, owner of the multi-generation, family-run James Walkus Fishing Company, credits a large part of his success on his partnership with Marine Harvest Canada. Walkus, who started in the commercial fishing business, now uses his 105' harvest boat (the Amarissa Joye) to transport salmon from the farms to the processing plant in Port Hardy. In fact, his partnership with Marine Harvest is so successful that he has plans to build a second vessel the same size as the Amarissa Joye to keep up with the demand of the growing aquaculture industry in B.C.
PAA Note: article has an embedded video to watch and includes the following video links:
View the other videos in this series here:
Part 1 - The bigger picture
Part 2 - Growing fish sustainably
Part 3 - The economics
Interesting interview to have a listen to:
Tradex exclusive interview with Department of Fisheries & Ocean Scientist Kristi Miller
Tradex Live, Published on Nov 23, 2015
PAA Note: Interview starts 2:47 min in..
What ‘the blob’ tells us about ocean warming
MacLean’s, Nancy Macdonald, November 27, 2015
Oceanographer Richard Dewey is the associate director of science with Ocean Networks Canada, an initiative of the University of Victoria. Dewey is fascinated by an intensely warm ocean zone off the North American coast, dubbed “the blob.” It is wreaking havoc with the troubled Pacific, harming everything from salmon to killer whales; and it’s disrupting weather patterns across North America, causing droughts, intensifying hurricanes, plunging the northeast into record colds and helping to produce this year’s powerful El Niño.
Tweets of Interest:
Perfectly said @bartonseaver: "#Seafood is the only food we eat that has the word 'food' in it" @CDNaquaculture
In terms of food production farmed seafood is among the lowest carbon footprint of any agrifoods @CDNaquaculture
Globally, #salmon farming provides 14.8B meals/year...approx half a billion from British Columbia http://3bl.me/gs6wtq #aquaculture
Recipe to try out
Six O'Clock Solution: Salmon dish looks good, tastes good http://montrealgazette.com/life/food/six-oclock-solution-salmon-dish-looks-good-tastes-good/ … #salmon #recipe #eatmorefish
