{"id":899282,"date":"2026-09-17T14:40:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T14:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/899282\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T14:40:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T14:40:16","slug":"industry-success-celebrated-at-canadas-largest-aquaculture-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/899282\/","title":{"rendered":"Industry Success Celebrated at Canada\u2019s Largest Aquaculture Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\t\t\t\t\"Industry<\/p>\n

Sheldon George, Chair of Newfoundland and Labrador Aquaculture Industry Association (VOCM News)<\/p>\n

Players in the local aquaculture industry are celebrating the positive impact the sector is having on the province\u2019s economy.<\/a> <\/p>\n

Cold Harvest 2026 \u2013 the largest aquaculture conference in Canada \u2013 is underway at the JAG Hotel in St. John\u2019s. <\/p>\n

The province\u2019s seafood industry \u2013 including food produced through aquaculture \u2013 topped $2 billion in market value<\/a> earlier this year. <\/p>\n

Aquaculture production reached a record high of 37,480 tonnes last year, nearly double that of the previous year.<\/p>\n

The chair of the Newfoundland Aquaculture Industry Association and Vice-President of Marine Operations with Ocean Trade Canada, Sheldon George, says the overall feeling is positive. <\/p>\n

\u201cOur government is supporting us,\u201d says George, noting the presence of both the provincial and federal fisheries ministers. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s all about our food security and producing a sustainable product. Just positive vibes on growth.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sheldon George, Chair of Newfoundland and Labrador Aquaculture Industry Association (VOCM News) Players in the local aquaculture…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":899283,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[49,48,295,269876,185074,269873,66,269875,269877,269874,269870,269871,269872],"class_list":["post-899282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-environment","tag-listen-to-vocm","tag-news-radio","tag-news-radio-st-johns","tag-science","tag-st-johns-fm-radio","tag-st-johns-local-radio","tag-st-johns-radio-station","tag-vocm","tag-vocm-590","tag-vocm-radio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/899282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=899282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/899282\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/899283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=899282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=899282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=899282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}