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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



The Healthy Salmon Program

To ensure that therapeutant use on fish farms complies with the requirements of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, New Brunswick salmon farmers have developed the Healthy Salmon Program. This program requires that salmon farmers keep well-documented records of the purchase, handling and use of all therapeutants. When harvested salmon arrive at a processing plant, these records assure the processor that, if the salmon had received antibiotic treatment, the proper use and withdrawal time of the antibiotic was strictly followed. A coordinator of The Healthy Salmon Program also conducts farm audits which include an assessment of: on-farm fish health management practices; therapeutant handling, storage and use; the recording system used for tracking treatments and withdrawal times.