Grieg Seafood Implements Harmonized
Regional Management Plan
Grieg Seafood announced today that it is making in season production changes
to its operations in Esperanza Inlet on the West Coast of Vancouver Island, in
order to implement a Harmonized Regional Management Plan for the area. Grieg
has five farm sites in Esperanza Inlet.
Esperanza Inlet was scheduled to receive most of its smolt early this spring. It
currently has a small contingent of fish that will be harvested early. These in-
season changes to production will ready the Inlet for stocking in the fall, allowing
the company to farm a single cohort of smolt throughout the inlet.
Managing Director Peter Gibson stated that “This means coordinated stocking
plans for all farms within this operating region. By doing so Grieg Seafood
expects to achieve even better production, fish health, and environmental
management.”
Gibson states that “this harmonized regional management plan (HRM) will
optimize survival, allow us to coordinate any necessary treatments and ensure
longer term success for the region. While this will shift our harvest times slightly
we feel that this readjustment will significantly increase our ability to manage the
region effectively. It is an approach that we have been considering for some
time.”
Grieg Seafood employs 130 people in British Columbia, producing fresh high
quality salmon for people in many parts of the world including Canada, Europe
and the USA.
For more information please contact
Peter Gibson, Managing Director
250-286-0838
