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  • Aquaseed
    Closed containment technologies offer a major step forward in fish farming practices.
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    AgriMarine Inc.
    Providing a physical barrier between wild and farmed fish, closed tanks can eliminate or greatly reduce many of the negative impacts of out-dated net-cage salmon farming.
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    Freshwater Institute
    Having proven to be a technically feasible way to grow salmon, various closed systems are currently being tested to demonstrate viability at a commercial scale.
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    Net-Cage Farm
    The net-cage industry claims closed tanks use too much energy but when you add up all the environmental impacts of salmon aquaculture technology, net-cages are the least sustainable.
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    Marine Mammal
    The intractable environmental issues associated with open net-cages such as disease, escapes, pollution & predator impacts do not have effective solutions, nor are there any on the horizon.
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    Freshwater Institute
    If the industry continues to rear salmon, closed containment technology is clearly on a more responsible path for salmon aquaculture.
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    Call on the provincial gov’t to deny Mainstream’s tenure application for a new net-cage farm and to place a moratorium on net-cage tenures in BC »

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    Media Release: CAAR groups condemn Mainstream’s certification as not ‘Best Practices’

    Media Advisory: Salmon Farming & Science: From conflict to cooperation, joint website goes live today

    CAAR signs joint statement: Urgent action required to identify and contain spread of Infectious Salmon Anemia (ISA)

    Appearance of ISA in BC must lead to immediate action by DFO

    CAAR Member Groups


    The Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform is a coalition of four leading environmental organizations working to transition the open net-cage salmon farming industry to more sustainable production methods. For more information on each organization, visit our websites.


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