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Freshwater Aquaculture in British Columbia
2003 Quick Facts 
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162 freshwater operations operate almost
exclusively in rural communities on private land.
Food market
sales of trout, Arctic char and sturgeon totaled 146 tonnes worth $737 thousand.
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U-catch-em (fee fishing) operations reported a harvest of 18 tonnes with a value to the farm of $217 thousand.
In 2003, BC's 69 private hatcheries generated $21 million in sales
of broodstock, eggs and juvenile Atlantics, chinook and coho. An
additional $220 thousand was generated by the sales for restocking
of sablefish and rainbow trout.
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Updated: October 28, 2004
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