Our members
BC’s salmon farmers may range in size and location, but they also have a lot in common. They share a commitment to high operational standards, transparency and continuous development and improvement. In addition, they strive to be the best community partners they can be, because they know they’re an important part of keeping our local economies on the coast of Vancouver Island strong and diverse. Our members abide by a strong Code of Practice.
Salmon farmers
Creative Salmon is a producer of high quality naturally raised Chinook salmon indigenous to our local area. As one of the founding members of the Pacific Organic Seafood Association (POSA), we are actively pursuing Organic Certification.
We provide our customers with assurance of wholesome and nutritious Premium Quality Chinook salmon. We utilize only the best quality feed ingredients, growing conditions and husbandry techniques together with a philosophy that our environment, our employees and our local community are equally as important as is the economic bottom line.
Grieg Seafood BC Ltd. (Grieg) is a Canadian salmon farming company based in Campbell River, British Columbia, and proudly supports 45 full-time employees. Operations further support another 50 full-time employees at a fish processing plant owned by Walcan Seafood Ltd., the single largest employer on Quadra Island.
Farm Operations, comprising of 9 sites owned by Grieg and one other leased site are based in four areas; Esperanza Inlet and Nootka Sound on the west coast of Vancouver Island, and on the east side of Vancouver Island in Clio Channel and Okisollo Channel
Since 1989, Mainstream Canada has been a leading company in the Canadian salmon industry producing top quality products for an increasingly demanding market. As an industry leader, Mainstream Canada is proud to assure our customers our products are processed under the most stringent international safety and health standards, a fact validated by international recognition.
Mainstream Canada has a long tradition in environment protection and sustainability. A combination of various factors, as well as a deep understanding of the surrounding environment, allows us to guarantee that our aquaculture operations will continue for a long time.
Mainstream Canada is part of the Norwegian CERMAQ GROUP which is a world leader in salmon production with operations in Canada, Scotland, Chile and Norway.
Marine Harvest is the world's largest aquaculture company, and its premier producer and supplier of farmed salmon. Marine Harvest Canada is a fully integrated business having freshwater and saltwater production facilities from Duncan to Klemtu and its own processing plant in Port Hardy. Marine Harvest is the largest producer of Atlantic Salmon on the Canada's west coast and employs more than 500 British Columbians.
Every sablefish is raised using pioneering practices honed and refined to ensure consistent quality in the ideal environment for the fish – the cold, clean waters of the North Pacific. Our exacting standards (no medication, hormones, nor colouring agents are ever used) reflect our independent approach in the entire process, from egg to plate.
Associate members
AKVA group, with its four main brands of aquaculture products, is now the world's most recognized brand of aquaculture technology.
With more than 25 years of experience in design and manufacturing of steel cages, plastic cages & work boats, feed systems, feed barges, sensor systems and fish farming software. Their continued high focus on R&D will ensure our customers to always have the best products available, also in the future.
AKVA Group is proud to provide their customers with the tools needed to farm their fish in a cost effective and sustainable manner world wide.
Manufacturers and Distributors of insulated packaging and shipping materials. Products include moulded EPS Styro Boxes®, Styro Trays®, Poly Liners, Corrugated Outers and Super absorbent Aqua Pads.
Badinotti Net Services Canada Ltd. offers complete net services and sales to the aquaculture industry. This includes washing, disinfecting, repairs, modifications, dipping, new nets and products. As part of the worldwide Badinotti Group, we are able to offer our customers the advantage gained from technical knowledge and experience developed over 100 years in the net business.
Calkins & Burke is a leader in providing food products to major retail and food service distributors throughout the world, under our customers' labels as well as our own.
Cards Aquaculture Products Ltd. has grown from a small backyard business to become a world class supplier of quality aquaculture products and a leader in aquaculture innovations. With locations on both the East and West coasts of Canada and in Chile, South America, we are firmly committed to growth and strength but we will always strive to maintain the friendly, easy to talk to atmosphere that our customers have become accustomed to.
EWOS Canada Limited is a manufacturer of high quality fish feed diets that are formulated to meet the nutritional needs of each stage of the salmonid lifecycle.
Gemini Marine Services is based out of Garden Bay, British Columbia, Canada, which is, located 115 KM North of Vancouver. The Thompson family has been involved in the BC Towboat industry for over 50 years. Garry and Cheryl purchased the tug "Genni Bay" from Garry's father and began their own towing business in 1992. The Thompson's have been involved in the transport of fish feed for the BC Aquaculture industry from its inception in 1985 via their company Sealand Marine Freight LTD.
We are a recycling and waste by-product disposal company, rendering animal and fish waste. Our services include the provision of containers, the pick-up and removal of full containers, as well as the delivery of the containers and their contents to processing facilities.
The PRAqua Group of Companies offers a full range of products and services for all facets of the aquaculture and water treatment ndustries. We are experienced in both cold and warm water aquaculture systems and have designed, constructed, and supplied equipment for several of the largest coldwater recirculating hatcheries in the world.
Sea Roamer Marine Services specialize in Anchor Installation and Inspection on BC Salmon Farms, do net changes and general marine towing. We also transport Smolts and freight in the Northern Vancouver Island area.
Skretting (formerly Moore-Clark) is Canada's largest aquaculture feeds producer and leads the market with innovative feeds and feeding expertise. The company supplies mainly salmon and trout diets but also produces other fish feeds. Our substantial international resources and expertise are a guarantee of the highest quality standards throughout the food chain.
Syndel is the world leader in aquatic animal reproduction. Syndel produces and markets quality aquaculture health care products including; induced spawning products, anesthetics, disinfectants, parasiticides, fungicides, vaccines, transportation and handling products.
Taplow Feeds owns and operates a manufacturing facility in Armstrong, British Columbia. Our Company has state-of-the-art, technologically advanced equipment with which we manufacture high quality extruded fish feed and pet foods. Strict Quality Assurance and Control Systems are in place to facilitate our exports throughout World Markets. Taplow Feeds is certified by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.
Walcan Seafood Ltd. Processor and Exporter since 1974. Fresh and frozen salmon, roe, herring and prawns. Value added products including fillets, fresh, frozen or retorted. For Custom Processing information contact Ken Binnersley at k [dot] binnersley
walcan [dot] com (k [dot] binnersleywalcan [dot] com), Tel: 250 285 3361 Fax: 250 285 2426 or visit www.walcan.com.
Sustaining members
The 1,600 member Ahousaht First Nation and the 700 residents of the Village of Ahousaht live in beautiful and tranquil Clayoquot Sound. The Ahousaht were an ardent opponent of salmon aquaculture, but have shifted their position and now work with the industry to exert a positive influence on industry practices. The Ahousaht First Nation shares its unique Northwest Coast aboriginal culture with salmon farmers by transferring their indigenous ecological knowledge of the Hahoulthee (traditional territory). The Ahousaht believe that mutual respect and harmonization with the industry is the best way to ensure that resources and the environment are protected.
Aquatrans began operations in 1987 with a focus on providing general cargo and fresh/frozen transport services throughout BC. After 17 years Aquatrans has become a transport specialisit and leader in providing refrigerated, dry, flat deck and container services to customers throughout BC, Washington and Oregon.
Our company provides diver operated net and system power-washing services to the BC Salmon Farming industry.
The Campbell River Economic Development Corporation "Rivercorp” was established in 2001 and is a locally owned and operated Economic Development Corporation focused on delivering services that retain and grow our local and regional advantages. Rivercorp’s leadership in navigating through a wide variety of public and private resources needed to support that focus is a key action for long term community sustainability. Since 2008 the Rivercorp team has grown to include Tourism Campbell River & Region and the Campbell River Visitor Centre. This amalgamation of entities enables us to facilitate a variety of growth initiatives in a range of industry sectors.
CPI pumps & irrigation - formerly AOC Aqua On Call Technologies has gone through a face lift. We now have a store front at 1080 Industrial Way in Parksville, BC. and have more resources to help you/your company and your industry. Our market has been expanded to provide you with service and supplies for aquaculture, irrigation, pumps, pipes, fittings, well drilling, excavating, fabricating, fences and more. We still offer our services 24/7 for those markets (aquaculture) that need immediate response.
Port Hardy, incorporated in 1966, is located on shores of Hardy Bay on the northern end of Vancouver Island and is a District Municipality with a population of 4,574 that is spread over 40.88 square km. We are a resource based community, dependent on fishing, aquaculture and logging and provide commercial and retail services and facilities on our established road, air and ferry links to all North Island and Mid Coast communities.
Dynamic Systems Analysis specializes in risk management in marine environments. Whether operations or assets must be safeguarded from failure, DSA uses its advanced engineering tools and expertise to ensure a project's success. DSA's consulting capacity encompasses a wide range of sectors, including defense, offshore oil & gas, marine renewable energy, and aquaculture.
Flurer Smokery is a family owned and operated state of the art value-added processing facility, specializing in superior gourmet hot smoked seafood products with over 30 years aquaculture experience. Flurer Smokery can produce 30,000 to 40,000 lbs per month on regular eight-hour shifts. Flurer Smokery is commited to providing the true West Coast flavour to the local and international market, with food safety being our highest priority.
The staff at Hardy Buoys is proud to provide you with the finest gourmet hot smoked salmon available. We use fresh, locally caught salmon, as well as farm raised Atlantic plus our own special ingredients for seasoning and pure alder wood chips for authentic flavouring. We have built a strong reputation, producing a variety of exquisite products and providing excellent service to our customers. That is why we are The Natural Choice!
The Klemtu Band as a business entity to support its new salmon aquaculture initiative formed Kitasoo Aquafarms Ltd. in 1986. Kitasoo Aquafarms operated a production salmon farm near Klemtu from 1989 to 1994. Since 1998, Kitasoo Aquafarms has partnered with Marine Harvest Canada for the purposes of salmon farming. Kitasoo Aquafarms currently holds 4 salmon farm tenures and is currently developing 2 additional tenures as well as research on potential shellfish farming sites it the Kitasoo traditional territory.
Lions Gate Fisheries Ltd. is a family owned Canadian company. We are a producer, processor, exporter, wholesaler and distributor of premium fresh and frozen seafood. Our company was founded in 1938 has over 60 years experience in a wide range of the most popular seafood items from Canada's west coast, and the rest of the world.
Point Four is the leading supplier of oxygenation and aeration products for aquaculture, waste water treatment and environmental water quality monitoring. Point Four provides a complete range of highly efficient microbubble oxygen diffusers, pressure injection and monitoring and control systems for fish farming, live fish transportation and growout operations.
Sayward Future Society's mission is to work in harmony with others to create a sound economic and positive social environment within the Sayward area.
This is accomplished by:
- Creating economic and employment opportunities
- Facilitating community development initiatives.
- Assisting residents to fulfill their business and community visions.
TRI-GEN Fish Improvement has been providing consulting services in the areas of research, development and genetic improvement for aquaculture broodstocks since 1988. TRI-GEN is currently involved in genetic improvement programs for Atlantic, Chinook and Coho Salmon as well continued development of NIR technology for carcass trait measurements on live fish.