Sentences with phrase «salmon aquaculture farms»

With Washington State's decision to phase out open net - pen Atlantic salmon aquaculture farms last month, B.C. is the only jurisdiction on the west coast of North America to allow them.

Not exact matches

Failing to protect wild salmon: Despite overwhelming evidence that open pen fish farms are harming wild salmon, the B.C. Liberals ignored the New Democrat - led Special Committee on Sustainable Aquaculture's recommendation to move the industry to closed containment.

Executive Chef Barton Seaver hits the stage May 18 showcasing domestic aquaculture products, including Sunburst Trout Farm's trout, oysters, mussels, salmon and sea greens.

In the longer term, the genomic knowledge will help to streamline the aquaculture industry while providing consumers with healthier farmed salmon, produced with as little environmental impact as possible.

A PhD project carried out at the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science in collaboration with the Institute of Marine Research has investigated the use of sterile salmon in aquaculture as a means to prevent escaped farmed salmon interbreeding with wild salmon.

Farm - raised salmon has long been the poster child of unsustainable aquaculture practices.

But half of the salmon sold worldwide comes from so - called fish farms, also known as aquacultures (1).

«The appeal of our certification win by both the Canadian and B.C. governments, and supported by the aquaculture industry, hinged on technicalities and missed the importance of government's obligation to regulate the open net salmon farming industry in a way that protects wild salmon,» said Chief Chamberlin.