The fisheries and aquaculture industry in Atlantic Canada is globally recognized for its leadership and innovation. Here you will find the world's leading producer of canned sardines using juvenile herring, a packing and shipping system allowing live lobsters to be delivered anywhere in the world, and advanced technologies in such diverse areas as control of lobster molting cycles.
With its four seaboard provinces, Atlantic Canada accounts for the vast majority of Canada's exports of harvested and processed groundfish, shellfish, and pelagic products. The region's ideal coastal environment has also spawned an aquaculture industry specializing in a wide range of species that includes salmon, trout, oysters and mussels - all attracting a growing share of world markets.
In today's global marketplace, Atlantic Canada's rich tradition in fisheries and its excellent transportation facilities via air, sea and land continue to sustain the industry as it develops innovative ways to increase its market share and cope with diminished resources in the groundfish industry. The region has also responded to existing and new market opportunities by developing improved and more cost-effective harvesting, processing, packaging and shipping techniques, while adapting to ecological and environmental concerns.
New vision and planning, dramatic shifts in direction and the integration of ecological concerns are breathing new life into the Atlantic fishery, gradually transforming the sector from one that was traditionally resource-driven to one that is market-driven and sustainable.
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