Northern Harvest Sea Farms

• N.L. reinstates aquaculture licences after 2019 mass salmon die-off

  Fisheries Minister Gerry Byrne suspended licenses at 10 sites owned by Northern Harvest Sea Farms sites in October after the company failed to disclose the death of 2.6 million salmon.

  Environment

  May 7, 2020
  
• Judge sides with ecologists on environmental assessment for salmon hatchery

  Lawyers on behalf of a group of wildlife advocates argued last fall that the minister's decision was not valid because he did not consider the impacts when the hatched fish are released into sea cages.

  Canada

  Mar 5, 2020
  
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• Salmon advocates take N.L. to court for stricter assessment of aquaculture

  Fisheries and wildlife advocates are asking for stricter environmental assessment of Newfoundland and Labrador's aquaculture industry.

  Canada

  Nov 6, 2019
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• Norwegian CEO to meet N.L. minister over disclosure of farmed salmon deaths

  Fisheries Minister Gerry Byrne says Alf-Helge Aarskog, CEO of seafood company Mowi, is expected in the province Thursday afternoon to discuss disclosure about the mass die-off of farmed salmon earlier this year.

  Canada

  Nov 4, 2019
• N.L. salmon deaths prompt review of public bodies’ disclosure obligations

  Northern Harvest Sea Farms says 2.6 million of its fish died in southern Newfoundland sea cages due to a prolonged period of high water temperatures.

  Canada

  Oct 31, 2019
• Salmon residue still coating environment around sites of N.L. farmed fish deaths

  Images of the messy cleanup and slow public disclosure of the incident have prompted environmental concerns and discussions about how the province's growing aquaculture industry is regulated.

  Environment

  Oct 29, 2019
• N.L. government urged to reassess aquaculture expansion after salmon die-off

  Northern Harvest Sea Farms, owned by the Norwegian company Mowi, plans to expand a salmon hatchery in Stephenville, in western Newfoundland.

  Environment

  Oct 17, 2019
• Company says 2.6 million farmed salmon died in southern Newfoundland pens

  The Norwegian-owned Northern Harvest Sea Farms made the announcement yesterday, after the provincial government announced it was suspending licences at the company's affected sites.

  Environment

  Oct 12, 2019
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• Independent review to examine mass die-off at southern Newfoundland salmon farm

  Gerry Byrne says the review will be conducted by Memorial University of Newfoundland's Marine Institute.

  Environment

  Oct 11, 2019
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• Fish farm deaths, escapes raise concerns about Atlantic aquaculture industry

  Northern Harvest Sea Farms says the fish died after an extended period of high water temperatures, but the incident raised public concern because of slow public disclosure and confusion over the cause of death.

  Environment

  Oct 1, 2019