Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch program gives a sustainability nod to all rainbow trout and steelhead farmed in freshwater net-pens, raceways, tanks and ponds in Canada. Seafood Watch helps retailers, distributors and consumers make informed decisions about fish and seafood. The program uses a traffic light system with green being the ‘Best Choice’ for protecting underwater ecosystems. This ‘Best Choice’ recommendation...
We are pleased to announce that Marcia Chiasson, Manager, Ontario Aquaculture Research Centre has taken the role of OAA president, for a one-year term. Dr. Marcia Chiasson is a biologist whose academic journey has been marked by a commitment to aquatic animal physiology and genetics. After obtaining her Bachelor of Science and Master of Science...
The Ontario Aquaculture Association welcomes two new board members for two-year terms beginning April 1, 2024. David Seeley David Seeley is the Commercial Director for Skretting in North America. He has held various positions with Nutreco over the past 25 years, the last 14 being in the Aquaculture segment. David is passionate about leadership and...
David McAlpine joined Sandplains Aquaculture at an exciting time. “Within a few months of starting full time at Sandplains we got the first batch of barramundi. From there it was a steep learning curve to figure it out. We had to figure out the best conditions for the fish to do well and the details...
Like so many in the industry, Wesley Chase, research assistant at the Ontario Aquaculture Research Centre (formerly the Alma Aquaculture Research Station) at the University of Guelph, stumbled into aquaculture. “It wasn’t something that was on my radar. I went through the Freshwater and Marine Biology program at University of Guelph with my sights set...
“I hate to admit it, but I didn’t even know there was a fish farm in Parry Sound. I grew up here and spent lots of time on the water, we boated past the site many times, but I never realized it was a fish farm.” “The farm is so unobtrusive, it just blends into...
“It was really always going to be fish. I wasn’t sure how, but I knew I wanted to work with fish.” – Evan Burrows Evan Burrows of Cedar Crest Trout Farms & Springhills Fish started his search for a fish career at Fleming College’s Fish and Wildlife program. Fish and Wildlife gave Evan a taste...
Read about the latest happenings in the Ontario aquaculture industry in our latest newsletter. Headlines include: Save the Date: Ontario Aquaculture Association Conference in 2022 Fairness for Ontario fish farmers: Pursuing CAP Covid-safe aquaculture technologies Meet your farmers: Erin Villeneuve & Felicia Meloche, Manitoulin Trout Farms New Ontario industry Aquastats for 2019 Aquatic animal health updates...
This is from a recent research study into Covid-safe technologies on Ontario fish farms by Ron Hill of Velocity Aqua. Learn more by reading: Ontario Aquaculture Association partners with OMAFRA to explore Covid-safe technology options for Ontario fish farmers There is a clear demand and need in the Ontario aquaculture sector for increased automation. Adopting...
This is from a recent research study into Covid-safe technologies on Ontario fish farms by Ron Hill of Velocity Aqua. Learn more by reading: Ontario Aquaculture Association partners with OMAFRA to explore Covid-safe technology options for Ontario fish farmers Fish farmers and aquaculture workers across Canada have been declared essential workers and companies have remained...
