Newfoundland Aquaculture Industry Association (NAIA)

08/06/2025

Executive Director Keith Sullivan, Research and Development Coordinator Darrell Green, and Work Term Student Jenna Hayden recently traveled to St. Mary’s Bay to take part in a hands-on seaweed harvest with HoldFast NL, a NL seaweed company. Over the course of three hours, the team harvested at two key coastal locations, one in St. Mary’s and another in Mall Bay. The experience offered valuable, firsthand insight into the province’s emerging seaweed sector and highlighted the importance of sustainable harvesting practices in supporting Newfoundland and Labrador’s growing blue economy.
HoldFast NL Seaweed

08/06/2025

Happening today! Be sure to join us for a few hours!

08/06/2025

Yesterday, NAIA students Jayda and Cassidy visited the St. Albans Public Library to do a book read and a few marine themed activities with the youth that missed their visit last week. They read Charley a Day in The Bay and completed an activity that taught them about the importance of keeping our oceans free of marine debris.

08/05/2025

The Newfoundland Aquaculture Industry Association says the expanded boundary points to a bigger plan to ban fishing in more areas, putting coastal jobs and investment at risk

08/05/2025

The foreign-funded, international activist Atlantic Salmon Federation (ASF) continues to mislead the public regarding aquaculture.

They are now paying people to protest against south coast jobs and seafood production! They continue to attack coastal people working in Newfoundland and Labrador. ASF interference in NL has gone too far. ASF are organizing a protests in NL communities and are paying people to participate.

They are clearly attempting to manipulate a federal government process, namely the Parks Canada NMCA (National Marine Conservation), to close off massive ocean areas to sustainable seafood production including fishing and aquaculture.

They continue to spend millions of foreign dollars to mislead the public. One example is falsely linking salmon to cancer and autism. This is irresponsible but consistent with the sensationalist style of ASF.

Earlier this year NAIA highlighted concerns about ASF Disinformation: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CZFQqVS6AqDYE6GfZnVUJjngDeYjrP8q/view
Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance Atlantic Canada Fish Farmers Assoc

08/05/2025

Parks Canada continues to mislead stakeholders by indicating they only want smaller zones fully within the NMCA protected when their guiding Policy on the Establishment and Management of National Marine Conservation Areas clearly directs, “Parks Canada works towards the long-term goal of placing the majority of each NMCA in fully protected zones.”

The impact of such a massive NMCA would be devastating, resulting in boats being unable to fish, aquaculture shut out, and eliminating or severely discouraging investment in the region.
Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance Atlantic Canada Fish Farmers Assoc

The Newfoundland Aquaculture Industry Association says the expanded boundary points to a bigger plan to ban fishing in more areas, putting coastal jobs and investment at risk

08/05/2025

Special thanks to the Town of Rencontre and residents for partnering with us on the beach clean up. We thoroughly enjoyed visiting your beautiful town and the wonderful hospitality! Together we made a difference! Rencontre East Town Council

08/02/2025

Untitled Newfoundland Project — a new series starring Josh Hartnett, Mackenzie Davis, and Charlie Heaton — is now in production and ON LOCATION.

A hard-bitten fisherman discovers that his hometown is being terrorized by a mysterious creature. Also starring Willow Kean, Ruby Stokes, Rohan Campbell, and Kaleb Horn.

08/01/2025

COLD HARVEST DAY 3 PLENARY SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT

Cold Harvest 2025, taking place in St. John's, NL from September 23 - 25 is firming up nicely!! While we continue to work on confirming the presenters and excellent program, here is a sneak peek of our Day 3 plenary speaker!

Also, don't forget that we've extended the early bird deadline to August 8th!!! Register soon to save $$$! https://naia.ca/cold-harvest-conference-tradeshow/

Also, limited accommodations are available at the Sheraton under the NAIA block of rooms. Be sure to request to be under the block for the discounted rate!: https://www.marriott.com/event-reservations/reservation-link.mi?id=1737486027624&key=GRP&guestreslink2=true&app=resvlink

Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance Atlantic Canada Fish Farmers Assoc

08/01/2025

The Newfoundland Aquaculture Industry Association is disappointed with the decision of the Federal Government to not include COMMERCIAL traffic in the discounted fares for crossings on the Marine Atlantic Port Aux Basques and Argentia routes. On behalf of our seafood farming companies, who contribute significantly to Canada’s GDP and food sovereignty, we would like to request that you reconsider this action and add discounts for commercial crossings.

https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-releases/2025/07/28/canada-s-new-government-cuts-transportation-costs-in-atlantic-canada?fbclid=IwY2xjawL0n9VleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHgyGJVsRlPlKcTvCTIKuxbEyNkeRiUFOxMknZ2hlwqQh2yV1faDEtk6HzQWO_aem_-UX3mQ5sSl9LIAJC0Xm4Nw

Prime Minister of Canada Transport Canada Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Fisheries and Oceans Canada Marine Atlantic Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance Atlantic Canada Fish Farmers Assoc

Canada’s new government is bringing costs down and building one, strong Canadian economy.

08/01/2025

Please see the list of shoreline clean ups scheduled to-date and try and make an effort to attend! We will provide the clean up supplies, snacks and prizes!

08/01/2025

NAIA President, Sheldon George and Executive Director, Keith Sullivan were pleased to have a productive meeting with PC Leader, Tony Wakeham and Fisheries and Aquaculture critic Craig Pardy.
Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance