Opening up the aquaculture market to canola could save fish farms millions and create new revenue stream for farmers
A new project out of Alberta could link two distant sub-sectors of agriculture: aquaculture and canola processing. The two-year research project will test the feasibility of using canola byproduct-supplemented fish feed in commercial aquaponics production, said project lead Nick Savidov, a senior research scientist at Lethbridge Polytechnic. If proven viable, the practice could save the […] Read moreTag Archives aquaculture
A long, long, road to the fish market
Sure, you may have a great idea, but introducing a food product the world has never seen before makes for an extremely hard business case, according to David Melbourne. “We blazed a trail for genetically engineered animal protein,” said Melbourne, Chief Commercial Officer of AquaBounty Technologies. “We are the first animal protein approved for human […] Read more
Dryland fish farming aims at a hungry market
Companies find that raising aquatic livestock far from natural water bodies makes business and environmental sense
As the world population grows in number and affluence, the demand for high-quality protein is putting unsustainable pressure on wild fish stocks but also creating opportunities for aquaculture alongside dryland farming. “The market for salmon is large, global and growing,” said Sylvia Wulf, chief executive officer of AquaBounty Technologies. “Current methods of farming can’t keep […] Read more
Production varies from simple to sophisticated
Aquaculture can run from the extremely basic to sophisticated. John Derksen at the Aquaculture Centre of Excellence in Lethbridge said farmers who stock rainbow trout into a slough or lake on their property are not quite there, but add aeration, feeding, more fish and a harvesting plan and you have a basic aquaculture operation. A […] Read more
Aquaculture interest grows
John Derksen and his colleagues at the Lethbridge College aquaculture centre have been fielding two or three inquiries every week from people interested in setting up operations. That has been happening since last April amid burgeoning interest in local food production. Derksen, chair of the Aquaculture Centre of Excellence at the college, has worked in […] Read more
Tiger trout coming to Alberta fishing ponds
The province has been stocking lakes since 2015 and is now making the species available to private fish hatcheries
The eye of the tiger and the thrill of the fight can be seen and felt in Alberta. Tiger trout, a sterile hybrid of Brown and Brook trout, are being made available to the province’s private fish hatcheries, which will in turn have them available later this year and future years to farmers who want […] Read more
Farmed fish will be main seafood source in the future
MOOSE JAW, Sask. — Aquaculture is the future of seafood supply, a Norwegian marine economist told a prairie audience at a recent conference. Frank Asche from the University of Florida said trying to maintain wild fisheries for human food supply is “useless” and farmed fish will actually help wild fish stocks recover. “Fishing is our […] Read more
Going indoors to grow local
SHERWOOD PARK, Alta. — Providing fresh local produce to Canadians year round could be achieved with a new farming concept that combines horticulture with aquaculture. NutraPonics, which opened in 2015 near Sherwood Park, is dedicated to supplying the local produce market and supporting local suppliers. Since last December, it has been selling fresh romaine lettuce, […] Read more
Black fly farm gets CFIA OK as farmed fish food
A company that raises flies for use as fish and poultry feed now has Canadian Food Inspection Agency approval to expand. Enterra Feed Corp., based in Langley, B.C., can now sell whole dried black soldier fly larvae as feed for farmed salmon, trout and Arctic char. It is the first Canadian approval of aquaculture feed […] Read more
