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September 9th, 2004
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ISSUE
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BC AQUACULTURE INDUSTRY
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BC FISHING
INDUSTRY
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INVESTMENT
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$200 million(1)
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$2.12 billion (2)
($250 million in BC sablefish fishery)(3)
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EMPLOYMENT
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1,900 jobs (4)
Dependence on Canada's east coast for farm site labour
in salmon (5)
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5,400 jobs (6)
8,375 commercial fishermen in BC (7)
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REVENUE
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$445 million (8)
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$870 million (9)
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COMPETITIVENESS
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BC is a very high-cost producer of
farmed salmon, unable to achieve the economies of scale
necessary to compete in the global market place against
lower cost producers in Chile and Europe. A poor public
image inhibits regulatory reform. (10)
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Healthy fish populations, renowned
IQ fisheries management, sustainability and co-management
success, market-driven, quality-oriented fisheries,
entrepreneurial spirit, world-class monitoring/observer
programs. (11)
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NATIVE
PARTICIPATION
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20% (12)
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25% (13)
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ENERGY
CONSUMPTION
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233,859,260 litres (14)
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60,012,032 litres (15)
(or ¼ of aquaculture consumption)
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1 BC Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Fisheries - BC Seafood
Sector SWOT Analysis, GSGislason & Associates, February
2004, p. 119
2 BC Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Fisheries - BC Seafood
Sector SWOT Analysis, GSGislason & Associates, February
2004, p. 88
3 Canadian Sablefish Association
4 BC Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Fisheries - BC Seafood
Sector SWOT Analysis, GSGislason & Associates, February
2004, p. 116
5 BC Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Fisheries - BC Seafood
Sector SWOT Analysis, GSGislason & Associates, February
2004, p. 216
6 BC Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Fisheries - BC Seafood
Sector SWOT Analysis, GSGislason & Associates, February
2004, p. 17
7 BC Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Fisheries - BC Seafood
Sector SWOT Analysis, GSGislason & Associates, February
2004, p. 83
8 BC Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Fisheries - Fisheries
Statistics, March 15, 2004
9 BC Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Fisheries - Fisheries
Statistics, March 15, 2004
10 PriceWaterhouse Coopers, "A Competitiveness Survey
of the British Columbia Salmon Farming Industry", Prepared
for MAFF, May 2003
11 BC Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Fisheries - BC
Seafood Sector SWOT Analysis, GSGislason & Associates,
February 2004, p. 214
12 BC Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Fisheries - BC
Seafood Sector SWOT Analysis, GSGislason & Associates,
February 2004, p. 21
13 BC Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Fisheries - BC
Seafood Sector SWOT Analysis, GSGislason & Associates,
February 2004, p. 17
14 UBC Doctoral Thesis re Consumption of Non-Renewable Energy
Resources in Aquaculture and Commercial Fishing Industries
15 UBC Doctoral Thesis re Consumption of Non-Renewable Energy
Resources in Aquaculture and Commercial Fishing Industries
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