Today we're focusing on North America, with a mixed bag of stories:
- Cooke Aquaculture feed barge sinks off Meteghan, Canada. The 12.9m vessel sank 500m offshore on Thursday September 13, 2012, causing no injuries. According the Digby Courrier, divers will try to refloat the barge later today (September 14, 2012). Read more...
- British Columbia's annual Aquaculture Awareness Week will take place between September 17-21, 2012. The purpose of the week is to increase the understanding and pride in one of BC's key industries. Learn more...
- New Brunswick residents angry over sea lice secrecy. The province's access to information commissioner has denied public access to records on sea lice counts at individual salmon farms in the bay of Fundy. Larry Lack and Lee Ann Ward, who made the application, have claimed that the decision is tantamount to privatising parts of the sea. However, the Atlantic Farmers Farmers Association, which released the genera data, has stated that releasing information about specific farms could affect the ability of farms to compete. Read more...
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| English: Sea lice, L. salmonis, on farmed Atlantic salmon, New Brunswick, Canada (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
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