New aquaculture center opens in St Alban's Canada

On the south coast of Newfoundland and Labrador a new aquaculture facility was opened by Premier Kathy Dunderdale. The New facility costing CAN$8.8 (€6.487) million will service the growing aquaculture industry in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, the state of the arts center for health and development will be an international model for aquatic diagnostics, marine biosecurity and energy conservation.

Dunderdale said in an interview that this center will ensure that Newfoundland and Labrador aquaculture resources are protected well into the future. The aquaculture industry in Newfoundland and Labrador is growing all the time in 2005 it was worth CAN$35 (€25.801) million and this has grown to a value of CAN$116 (€85.51) million in 2010. This growth is set to continue with the planned expansion in 2011 of the salmonoid sector. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers