— April 25, 2016 —
This meeting brought together aquaculture industry representatives from various provinces with other stakeholders to learn the preliminary results of the various initiatives and research projects undertaken over the last two years and to help determine research priorities for 2012.
Over 130 individuals attended this meeting, including workshop presenters, personnel from both federal and provincial governments, researchers, representatives from various pharmaceutical companies as well as other interested stakeholders such as students, researchers, fishery and conservation representatives and industry representatives from British Columbia, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and New Brunswick.
This meeting was gratefully supported by: Fisheries and Ocean’s Aquaculture Collaborative Research and Development Program, Merck Animal Health, Pharmaq AS, Skretting, Solvay Chemicals, Future Nets, Aqua Pharma, Mitchell McConnell Insurance, Novartis Animal Health, Sweeney International Marine Corp., and Northeast Nutrition.
To read the ACFFA Annual Technical Workshop and Research Review, please click here.
The Atlantic Canada Fish Farmers Association is an industry-funded association that works on behalf of the salmon farming industry in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. The ACFFA represents 95 per cent of salmon production in the Maritime region in addition to a wide range of supporting companies and organizations.