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Pump breakdown blamed for early end of semi-closed cage trial in Canada

Pump breakdown blamed for early end of semi-closed cage trial in Canada

A technical fault that resulted in salmon farmer Cermaq’s decision to call an early halt to a growth trial in a floating semi-closed containment system (SCCS) in British Columbia, Canada was related to the breakdown of a pump, the company has told Fish Farming Expert.

Cermaq ends SCCS trial early but will try again

Cermaq ends SCCS trial early but will try again

Salmon farmer Cermaq Canada has called an early halt to a trial to grow fish to various sizes in a semi-closed containment system (SCCS) at its Millar site in Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

Smolt ban is about votes, not science, claims Cermaq

Smolt ban is about votes, not science, claims Cermaq

Salmon farmer Cermaq has accused Canadian fisheries minister Bernadette Jordan of blocking the transfer of mature smolts to two grow-out sites for the sake of winning urban votes in the country’s next general election.

Cermaq Canada ponders next move after court loss

Cermaq Canada ponders next move after court loss

Cermaq Canada is expected to announce its next move this week after legal action to force Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) to let it stock salmon in two sites earmarked for closure failed.

Cermaq blocked from transferring fish to Discovery Islands sites

Cermaq blocked from transferring fish to Discovery Islands sites

Cermaq Canada has become the second salmon farmer to be denied permission to transfer fish into sites it operates in the Discovery Islands in British Columbia.

Cermaq and Mowi get state technology handouts

Cermaq and Mowi get state technology handouts

Salmon farmers Cermaq Canada and Mowi Canada West have been granted more than Can $1 million between them under a scheme to fund clean technology projects for fisheries and aquaculture in British Columbia.

New delousing vessel starts work for Cermaq Canada

New delousing vessel starts work for Cermaq Canada

A newly arrived vessel fitted with a patented delousing system has started work in British Columbia for Cermaq Canada.

Cermaq begins semi-closed containment trial in Canada

Cermaq begins semi-closed containment trial in Canada

A trial of Cermaq Canada’s new semi-closed containment system (SCCS) has begun in British Columbia following the stocking of 495,000 smolts with an average size of 100 grams.

Cermaq signs three-year smolt deal with Kuterra

Cermaq signs three-year smolt deal with Kuterra

Cermaq Canada has signed a three-year deal to supply smolts to a land-based salmon farm in British Columbia that is leased and operated by Emergent Holdings.

First Nations hold key to future of BC salmon farms in Discovery Islands

First Nations hold key to future of BC salmon farms in Discovery Islands

Salmon farmers in British Columbia are facing the possibility of a new wave of evictions from waters in First Nations territories, following the decision to close 17 farms in the Broughton Archipelago by 2023.

Cermaq adds Faroese delouser to BC fleet

Cermaq adds Faroese delouser to BC fleet

Cermaq Canada is adding another mechanical treatment option to its sea lice strategy, with the purchase of a Faroese built delouser.

Cermaq to trial closed containment in BC waters

Cermaq to trial closed containment in BC waters

Cermaq Canada is to trial a semi-closed containment system at its British Columbia operations, the first such technology to be deployed outside of Norway.

Canadian farmers donate tonnes of fish to food banks

Canadian farmers donate tonnes of fish to food banks

Salmon farmers in British Columbia are jointly donating more than 27 tonnes of fish to hard-pressed food banks in the province.

Pump failure blamed for spill at Cermaq plant

Pump failure blamed for spill at Cermaq plant

Cermaq Canada has said a pump failure was to blame for a spillage of several hundred litres of wastewater from its processing plant in Tofino, on the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia.