Sjókvíaeldisfyrirtækin þurfa að koma öllum sjókvíum sínum upp úr sjó við Bresku Kólumbíu á Vesturströnd Kanada eigi síðar en 2029.
Og hvað er að gerast? Jú, strax eru komin af stað áform um laxeldi í lokuðum kerfi og á landi.
Auðvitað eigum við Íslendingar að fara sömu leið.
Intrafish fjallar um nýjar landkvíar Akvafuture í Bresku Kólumbíu í Kanada. (Áskriftar krafist)
Norway-based salmon farmer Akvafuture has found a First Nation partner to help it launch its new closed-containment salmon farm in British Columbia, Canada.
The company, which has been working on finding a site in the province for the past two years, is hoping to secure at least one nine-year license the Canadian government is making available to both land-based and closed-containment operations as part of its larger effort to phase out open netpen farming in the province by 2029.
Akvafuture is partnering with the Quatsino First Nation to build its first site on British Columbia’s Vancouver Island in the First Nation’s territory.