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Salmon Farmers Invest in Green Technology Press Release
Well Boat Will Reduce Therapeutant Use and Improve Sea Lice Management
St George – The Ronja Carrier, chartered from the Norwegian company Solvtrans, will be in the Bay of Fundy for the next six months to help salmon farmers control sea lice on salmon farms. Salmon will be carefully pumped from the farm enclosure into the hold of the well boat where they will be immersed in a mixture of seawater and approved therapeutant to remove sea lice, a naturally occurring parasite. Fish are then returned to their enclosure.
....View More NB Salmon Farmers Trigger Over Half A Billion Dollars of Economic Activity Across Canada Press Release
St. George, NB – Based on three key indicators – GDP, employment and labour income a new socio-economic report commissioned by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans demonstrates how the Canadian aquaculture industry generates over $2 billion annually for the national economy with New Brunswick triggering over half a billion dollars of economic activity across Canada. ....View More Sea Lice Research Development Workshop Report Jan 2010 In 2009 NB DAA, in support of the aquaculture industry, applied to the Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) for the Emergency Registration (ER) of two bath treatments, ALPHA MAX® and Salmosan®, as alternatives to SLICE® for sea lice treatment. ....View More |
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New Brunswick Production The first commercial harvest of farmed Atlantic salmon in New Brunswick occurred in Lord’s Cove, Deer Island in 1979. From that first harvest, the industry grew rapidly to reach $1 million in annual sales by the early eighties – and by 2005, New Brunswick salmon farms produced 35,000 tonnes of high quality salmon valued at approximately $225 million. Revenues from this production exceeded those of any other single agricultural product from New Brunswick. With revenues of this magnitude, the salmon farming industry has become an integral component of the New Brunswick economy. The industry includes 13 hatcheries, 96 marine sites and 12 processing plants as well as feed plants, cage manufacturers and marketing companies. All of New Brunswick’s salmon farms are locally owned and operated .
More than 75% of New Brunswick's farmed salmon is exported to the United States. |
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