Thursday, June 21, 2012

Provincial Money To Boost Aquaculture Industry

Cooke Aquaculture has salmon cages, like these in Brier Island, in several different parts of Nova Scotia, in part they say to control the spread of disease.
A Shelburne County fish farm operation is about to receive an infusion of money from the Dexter government.  Millions of dollars are expected to be heading to New Brunswick-based Cooke Aquaculture.
The company has plans to expand operations, including a processing plant in Shelburne County, a feed mill in Truro and development of a fish hatchery in Digby.  The announcement will be made later this morning by the premier at the end of a two-day cabinet meeting in Shelburne.