SOLUTIONS
Responsible aquaculture can help reduce world hunger. Half our seafood now comes from aquaculture, the world’s fastest-growing food system, but its exponential growth has meant environmental and social challenges. To achieve a “blue revolution” we must ensure green practices and encourage smart solutions, like land-based closed containment which eliminates the exchange between fish farms and the natural environment. There are no fish escapes, no interaction with wild stocks, no parasites nor diseases, no pesticides nor antibiotics.
CLOSED CONTAINMENT
Land based operator "Sustainable Blue" is one Nova Scotia example of how the industry is transforming.
The Twin Bays Coalition believes we should not import archaic foreign-owned technology proven to have negative impacts on wild fish, the environment, and our quality of life.
The product of this obsolete technology damages our bays, and the profits leave the province forever. Why would we do that when we have leading edge, land-based closed containment salmon farming technology right here, right now? In Nova Scotia, we have local investors working hard to enable entrepreneurs, inventors, engineers, scientists, aquaculturalists to finance a clean industry perfectly poised for growth. This system doesn’t rely on imported labour and minimum wage jobs. It builds on our own, experienced workforce and capabilities. It is ours. A healthy, abundant, highly marketable food product is created, one which can help address world hunger. With the support of each one of us, Nova Scotia can regain its place as a world seafood leader without damaging our environment.