Management of Canadian aquaculture

The Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators (CESI) program provides data and information to track Canada's performance on key environmental sustainability issues. The management of Canadian aquaculture indicator measures the percentage of aquaculture operation inspections where no charges were laid with respect to federal aquaculture regulations. Aquaculture management in Canada is a shared responsibility among federal, provincial and territorial governments. The federal government has jurisdiction over fisheries and fish habitat across the country under the Fisheries Act. The indicator includes all national and regional regulations under the Act that apply to aquaculture. Aquaculture represents about one third of Canada's total fisheries value and about 20% of total seafood production by weight. In 2021, salmon accounted for 74% of production value followed by other finfish with 17% of the total value. Shellfish accounted for 9% of production value. If not sustainably managed, different types of aquaculture operations could have different environmental effects, ranging from local nutrient or chemical deposits into water systems to direct risks to wild species (habitat…

Publisher

Environment and Climate Change Canada

Resources

6

Catalogue metadata updated

2023-05-02