Deep-water Mussel Tech Funded

The Telegram reported that Canadian federal Fisheries Minister Gail Shea and Tom Hedderson, provincial Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture, announced that a deep-water mussel technology project was funded CAN$266,604.

This early commercialization phase by Norlantic Processors Ltd. of Winterton will enable submerged mussel aquaculture in areas exposed to Arctic ice.

Shea stated that the Canadian federal government has committed $23.5 million over the next five years in the Aquaculture Innovation and Market Access Program (AIMAP) to support the development of the aquaculture industry.

Hedderson said, “The development of open-water sites will allow the industry to grow beyond its current levels of production, giving the industry the ability to expand into new markets.”

[image shown is a design by the University of New Hampshire's Open Ocean Aquaculture project]