Aquaculture

Sustainable aquaculture, licences, regulations, statistics, reporting, science and research.

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Licencing, environmental performance, regulations, compliance and enforcement activities in BC.

Licences and permits related to aquaculture operations in provinces and territories, sites and maps.

Responsibility of federal, provincial, territorial governments and industry, national and international collaboration.

Management measures for protecting fish health and aquatic ecosystems, environmental reports.

Profiles of main fish and shellfish farmed in Canada (such as salmon, trout, oysters and mussels).

Laws and policies governing aquaculture activities, compliance, and regulatory reform and research.

R&D, targeted and collaborative research, peer-reviewed processes, technologies, species research.

Statistics, facts and reports about farmed species, and the importance of the economic contribution.