Vancouver Aquarium Wants To Mix Conservation With Commercial Aquaculture

The Vancouver Aquarium has long trumpeted its dedication to conservation of aquatic life. Under a new and potentially controversial initiative, the institution wants to have its fish and eat them, too, by launching into the commercial aquaculture business.

“We kind of term it conservation aquaculture,” offers John Nightingale, the aquarium’s president and CEO. “Ideally, if we could expand our work and have it pay for itself, absolutely that would be a great thing.”

Visitors to the aquarium can observe native B.C. rockfish and wolf eels in a dreamy idyllic world — swimming in clear filtered sea water while surrounded by colourful invertebrates and plants moving languidly to the rhythm of artificial currents.

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