Alina Kravchenko — Open-Net Salmon Farming in British Columbia — Minister of Agriculture and the Provincial Aquaculture Program (BC Government)
"A Competitiveness Survey of the British Columbia Salmon Farming Industry." British Columbia. PricewaterhouseCoopers, n.d. Web. 26 May 2015. .
• Canada is the world’s fourth largest producer of farmed salmon, after Norway, Chile, and UK.
• US is the largest import market for salmon, and because Canada and US are close trading partners, BC constitutes 29% of the US imports for the market.
• BC’s coast contains salmon farms in less than 0.05% of the area.
Nguyen, Thai, and Tim Williams. "Agriculture in Canada." Parliament of Canada. Parliament, 28 Feb 2013. Web. 26 May 2015. .
• There are 126 salmon farming tenures in BC, 121 of which are on coastal waters; 95 are active at any given time. …show more content…
• Canada produced 7% of world’s farmed salmon in 2009.
• In 2011, BC produced 75,870 tonnes of finfish (93% is salmon) worth $445,400,000, and farmed salmon products were 75% of total salmon sale value, compared to 25% by capture salmon.
• Over the last 25 years, world production of farmed salmon expanded by 600%.
• In 2007, BC’s GDP for aquaculture was $425,300,000, representing 0.22% of its total GDP, whereas Canada’s $1,005,180,000 of aquaculture GDP accounted for only 0.06% of its total.
• 90% of Canada’s direct and indirect salmon farming jobs, including direct 10,000 fulltime jobs are in coastal, rural, and aboriginal communities (where other job opportunities are small).
• Stable employment for 6000 people in direct supply and service jobs, and the income and jobs of many of them go to BC’s aboriginal communities.
• Jobs include year-round part time and fulltime (80%)
"A Competitiveness Survey of the British Columbia Salmon Farming Industry." British Columbia. PricewaterhouseCoopers, n.d. Web. 26 May 2015. .
• Canada is the world’s fourth largest producer of farmed salmon, after Norway, Chile, and UK.
• US is the largest import market for salmon, and because Canada and US are close trading partners, BC constitutes 29% of the US imports for the market.
• BC’s coast contains salmon farms in less than 0.05% of the area.
Nguyen, Thai, and Tim Williams. "Agriculture in Canada." Parliament of Canada. Parliament, 28 Feb 2013. Web. 26 May 2015. .
• There are 126 salmon farming tenures in BC, 121 of which are on coastal waters; 95 are active at any given time. …show more content…
• Canada produced 7% of world’s farmed salmon in 2009.
• In 2011, BC produced 75,870 tonnes of finfish (93% is salmon) worth $445,400,000, and farmed salmon products were 75% of total salmon sale value, compared to 25% by capture salmon.
• Over the last 25 years, world production of farmed salmon expanded by 600%.
• In 2007, BC’s GDP for aquaculture was $425,300,000, representing 0.22% of its total GDP, whereas Canada’s $1,005,180,000 of aquaculture GDP accounted for only 0.06% of its total.
• 90% of Canada’s direct and indirect salmon farming jobs, including direct 10,000 fulltime jobs are in coastal, rural, and aboriginal communities (where other job opportunities are small).
• Stable employment for 6000 people in direct supply and service jobs, and the income and jobs of many of them go to BC’s aboriginal communities.
• Jobs include year-round part time and fulltime (80%)