Tuesday, August 9, 2011

A demonstration farm for aquaculture to be created in Ontario

A demonstration farm will be created by the Northern Ontario Aquaculture Association (NOAA) that is hoped will boost the fish farming industry in the province. Funds have been granted to the organisation from the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp (NOHFC), CAN$303,836 (€214,513) through the infrastructure of the Community Development Program for a number of projects, including the demonstration farm.

The executive director of NOAA Karen Tracey said that the province will benefit and she expressed her gratitude for the funding, She went onto to say “Anticipated goals include additional aquaculture-related jobs, increased economic benefits for the province of Ontario, innovative environment initiatives and sustainable growth of an agri-food sector producing healthy food sources,”. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers

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