The staff at Conserver House and our Fundy Baykeeper are applauding the efforts and persistence of a Nova Scotia company for successfully raising Atlantic salmon in a fish farm on dry land.
Sustainable Blue, based in Centre Burlington, N.S., has been developing a land-based closed containment system for the past eight years. Last week the company sent its first shipment of farmed Atlantic salmon to stores and restaurants across Nova Scotia.
This is an encouraging step toward a sustainable aquaculture industry in our region.
The aquaculture industry in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia is dominated by open-net ocean pens in the waters of the Bay of Fundy. Ocean-based farming has been shown to impact the marine environment and wild salmon populations. The massive number of fish contained in ocean cages breeds disease and sea lice, which companies treat using pesticides and chemicals which have been shown to harm marine life.
With Sustainable Blue now demonstrating that land-based salmon farming is achievable and profitable, we expect this environmentally-friendly way of serving families delicious Atlantic salmon will become the new standard.
Learn more about the company here. Here’s a graphic showing how Sustainable Blue’s closed-containment system works:
