Atlantic Salmon Federation Promoting Land-Based Salmon Farming

The Atlantic Salmon Federation (ASF), in its ongoing quest to promote and encourage land-based salmon farming hosted the East Coast Land-based Closed Containment Aquaculture Workshop in St. Andrews, New Brunswick on October 10 and 11.

Bill Taylor, the president of the ASF, said that industry representatives from North America and Europe attended the workshop. In addition, provincial and federal government officials from Canada, state and federal government representatives from the United Sates and environmentalists from Canada, the United States and Europe also participated in the conference.

Taylor said, “We drew some of the best and most experienced speakers, scientists, researchers and aquaculture folks that are familiar with this relatively new technology.

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