Ben Normand

Ensuring the multi-million dollar growth opportunity of sustainable shellfish and seaweed farming - Green Budget | Budget Vert Shellfish and seaweed farming (oysters, mussels, scallops, kelp, clams) is poised to grow by 40% over the next five years if the Canadian Shellfish Sanitation Program (CSSP) is supported and adequatel...

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Not your usual cast of characters saying this - it's great to see aquaculture get the support it deserves from the ENGO community!

Was there food security there before these plants were erected?

You can get fish oil and meal from the parts of the fish that people don't eat

Victim of pinks Study blames Alaska pink salmon for Idaho Chinook losses Forty three years after a top official of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game publicly and clearly revealed a plan to take over the pastu…

Many salmon runs in BC are suffering, and people often point to salmon farms as the reason (even though the science doesn't support this). But the truth is more complicated. This article outlines one of the main drivers of declines.

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That much fish meal and fish oil is used. It doesn't mean that much fish was used....what else would the meal and oil go to?

I'd love to see the billions of other farmed salmon that DONT look like that (I.e. are perfectly healthy)

How do you square the massively increased carbon footprint?

@matthewfacciani.bsky.social I would love to speak to you about organizing an episode!

It doesn't look like Canada was an option offered. Too bad!

Seafood farmers call for a reset of aquaculture policies as Trudeau resigns The reset must begin with the elimination of the proposed ban on marine salmon farming in B.C. and increased support...

#floatthefarms

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It's entirely conceivable they just happened to be sitting next to each other. No conspiracy needed.

Thank you - you have saved me from making the mistake of buying that Greenland Shark for my kids this year.

Honest question - did you read the article?

Well said. We should all aspire to think so rationally and critically

Today's must-read!

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Agreed 🐟

Some fish and shellfish growers in Canada are experimenting with it. The largest producer in Canada is Acadian Seaplants but they largely harvest wild seaweed. Cascadia Seaweed is making a big push to commercialize in B.C.

I hear it's pretty easy to grow too! Just need to develop a stronger market demand for the products

If you feel the B.C. salmon farming transition decision is justified, I implore you to read this with an open mind

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Our National Salmon Farming Commitments to Canadians We created LoveSalmon.ca to tell Canadians how important salmon farming is to all of us, and to advocate for Canada to be the best producer of farm-raised salmon in the world. This site provides you w...

If you have any interest at all in salmon farming (good or bad) I think you should check out the 2024 report you can find here: www.lovesalmon.ca/commitments

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#aquaculture #salmon #canada #oceans #sustainability #fishfarming #marinefarm

It's one aspect of carbon reduction that some say must happen. As well, it's driven by demand for those products. How do you get billions of people to stop consuming these products?

Do you have an english link?

Okay, but did they kill the whales?

I want the wild salmon to flourish as well as the salmon farming industry. I know this is possible because that's what the science says. What's especially frustrating about this is that the wild salmon will not just magically reappear if the farms disappear.

B.C. First Nations Share Concerns on Future of Salmon Farming At a news conference in Ottawa, First Nations leaders share the results of a new report on the potential costs to Canada if salmon farming is forced to pull out of British Columbia. Earlier this year...

I am an environmentalist AND a proud fish farmer/fish farming advocate. I am also a believer in facts.

If you do nothing else today, take the 12 minutes to listen to these facts: www.cpac.ca/headline-pol...

#aquaculture #fishfarming #BCtransitionplan #sustainability

Hey Paul, where can I see your mapping?

Isn't using byproducts and trimmings (I.e. waste) from fisheries to make more food a good thing?

What is the solution?

What do you think is the solution considering a huge demand for these products?

This varies with temperature and other factors. Assuming an FCR 1.5 for the sake of argument, every kilo of salmon Canadian farmed salmon only required the input of 0.18 kg of marine ingredients (1.5 x 0.12=0.18). In this way Canadian salmon farming feeds more people than the input fish could.