• Healthy Fish
  • Life Cycle of Farmed Salmon
  • Salmon Breeding
  • Improved Feeds
  • Salmon Farm Management
  • Salmon Health Management
  • Infectious Salmon Anemia
  • Sea Lice
  • Aquaculture Bay Management Areas
• Quality Assured
  • Introduction
  • The Healthy Salmon Program
  • The Quality Management Program
  • Traceability Program
  • Farmed Salmon: Safety Approved
  • Farmed Salmon is Safe
  • Carotenoids: Essential for Normal Growth and Development
• Healthy Communities
  • Healthy Communities
• Healthy Industry
  • Healthy Industry
  • Canadian Production of Atlantic Salmon
  • New Brunswick Production
• Delicious/Nutritious
  • Why are so many people choosing farmed salmon?
  • Availability
  • Affordable
  • Consistent High Quality
  • Versatility
  • Convenient
  • Nutritious
  • Buying and Storing Farmed Salmon
  • Cooking Farmed Salmon
  • Cooking Method Determines Type of Seasoning
• Healthy Environment
  • Sustainability through Cooperation
  • Site Selection and Monitoring
  • Healthy Sites
  • Feed Monitoring
  • Improved Feed Digestibility Reduces Waste
  • Sustainable Management of Wild Populations
  • Fish Containment

Salmon Farmers Invest in Green Technology

Press Release Well Boat Will Reduce Therapeutant Use and Improve Sea Lice Management St George – The Ronja Carrier, chartered from the Norwegian company Solvtrans, will be in the Bay of Fundy for the next six months to help salmon farmers control sea lice on salmon farms. Salmon will be carefully pumped from the farm enclosure into the hold of the well boat where they will be immersed in a mixture of seawater and approved therapeutant to remove sea lice, a naturally occurring parasite. Fish are then returned to their enclosure. ....View More

NB Salmon Farmers Trigger Over Half A Billion Dollars of Economic Activity Across Canada

Press Release St. George, NB – Based on three key indicators – GDP, employment and labour income a new socio-economic report commissioned by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans demonstrates how the Canadian aquaculture industry generates over $2 billion annually for the national economy with New Brunswick triggering over half a billion dollars of economic activity across Canada. ....View More

Sea Lice Research Development Workshop Report Jan 2010

In 2009 NB DAA, in support of the aquaculture industry, applied to the Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) for the Emergency Registration (ER) of two bath treatments, ALPHA MAX® and Salmosan®, as alternatives to SLICE® for sea lice treatment. ....View More

Infectious Salmon Anemia

The agent that causes Infectious Salmon Anemia (ISA) is a naturally occurring virus that is found throughout the North Atlantic. ISA cannot be transmitted to humans. Ever since the disease was first diagnosed in the Bay of Fundy net cages in 1996, New Brunswick salmon farmers have worked tirelessly to control it. Since an effective vaccine did not exist, salmon farmers initially sacrificed millions of valuable salmon in order to prevent the spread of the disease.

As the disease's mode of transmission became better understood, the industry developed and successfully implemented the Fish Health Surveillance Program - which reduced the incidence of ISA by 33% within 3 years. While the program still requires culling of infected fish (and healthy fish as a preventative measure), it relies more upon proactive management practices that prevent the spread of the disease. As new research provides further insights into ISA, New Brunswick salmon farmers continue to improve their ISA management strategies. Vaccines are also currently being developed and tested in order to offer an additional level of protection.