An international conference on land-based, closed containment aquaculture being held at the Atlantic Salmon Federation in Chamcook, a method that seems to be gaining traction.
Research & Environment Director Jonathan Carr tells us diseases including infectious salmon anemia and sea lice, which is a major problem in this province, is less of a worry when you farm fish on land. Carr says if disease ever did break out on land, it's maintained in your hatchery system and won't spread to other animals.
Carr says they believe farming fish on land is a more sustainable way for producing fish in the long run at a time when the global demand for fish is on an upswing.
This was the second conference on the subject hosted by the A-S-F.
