Fisheries committee  For the industry?

Fisheries committee  Not through the salmon aquaculture innovation fund: the projects that I've discussed with you here today are the projects that have been funded. Actually, I should clarify that. We have given small amounts on early design and planning feasibility funding. We did fund one other

Fisheries committee  Certainly. Thank you. In terms of the regulation of open net-pen aquaculture, I think with the change in jurisdiction to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and the work they've been undertaking in the last year, what we're seeing is the start of increased transparency and in

Fisheries committee  I will. In terms of the salmon projects that I've been involved in, it appears that the optimum conditions are going to be slightly saline water. The best locations for those so far, both in terms of Marine Harvest Canada's assessment for their project and also in terms of the 'N

Fisheries committee  The focus of the salmon aquaculture innovation fund is specifically on a transparent assessment of closed containment technology and, underlying that, there is the debate on what are the nature and extent of the impacts of open-net aquaculture on the marine environment. The tur

Fisheries committee  We need to see the results of the demonstration projects in terms of understanding what the opportunity is with closed containment. From the work I have seen to date and from the economic analysis I've seen to date, which has to be verified through these demonstration projects,

Fisheries committee  Yes. I think there is some opportunity to better help manage those farms through technology as it evolves. In an ideal world.... Closed containment offers an opportunity to not just protect the marine environment, but also to farm fish in a better way in terms of giving them the

Fisheries committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman and honourable members, for this invitation to speak with you today. My name is Catherine Emrick. I'm the senior associate for aquaculture innovation with Tides Canada. I'm a fellow of the Certified General Accountants Association, a designation that I'm