ABOUT THE ONTARIO AQUACULTURE ASSOCIATION
The Ontario Aquaculture Association (OAA) was created by industry to foster growth, innovation and partnerships across the province’s thriving seafood farming sector.
By production and volume, we represent more than 95% of the aquaculture industry in Ontario, including finfish and shrimp growers, land-based and open net-pen operations, seafood for food or recreational fishing, feed suppliers and other companies invested in growing healthy, sustainable protein here in Ontario.
OAA BY THE NUMBERS
40+
Association members from across Ontario’s aquaculture value chain
$122 million+
Economic contribution of OAA members to Ontario’s economy (2018)
550+
People employed in Ontario’s farmed seafood sector (2017)
MEMBERS
Sustaining Members
Aqua-Cage Fisheries
Blue Spring Trout Farms
Buzwah Fisheries
Camp Creek Trout Farm
Cole-Munro Trout Farms
GOOD4Ushrimp Inc.
Kolapore Springs
Manitoulin Trout Farms
Sandplains Aquaculture
Springhills Trout
Stoller Chemical Company of Canada / Izumi Aquaculture
Williamsford Trout Farm
Patron Members
Bluewater Fish Feeds, a division of Sharpe Farm Supplies
Future Fish Systems
Ocean Wise Conservation Association
Sweeney International Marine Corp
Individual Members
Gary Chapman
Terry Drost
Gintas Kamaitis
Veronique (Nikki) LePage
Rupert Kindersley
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Susan Cole, Cole Munro Foods — President
Arlen Taylor, Cedar Crest Trout Farms — Secretary-Treasurer
Marcia Chiasson, Alma Aquaculture Research Station
Sarah Cook, Skretting
Terry Drost, Four Links Marketing
Jason Hughson, Cole-Munro Trout Farms
Sean Pressey, Waubetek Business Development Corporation
RJ Taylor — Managing Director