East Coast salmon farmers regularly meet and exceed the highest quality standards

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency regularly inspects Atlantic farmed salmon at the processing plant to ensure it meets government safety and premium quality standards.

Intensive site selection, assessment, and monitoring
Farms are sited in areas where water currents naturally provide conditions optimal for fish wellbeing and environmental sustainability. Before federal and provincial approval is issued the farm is subject to elaborate review by at least 10 federal and provincial agencies. Farms are monitored monthly and annually according to government standards.

Navigable Waters Protection Act

• Protects the rights of all users to navigate in coastal waters.

Fisheries Act

• Ensures the conservation and protection of fish and their habitat, and the prevention of pollution.

Canadian Environmental Assessment Act

• Requires detailed environmental assessments before providing approval for new sites or alterations to existing sites.

Provincial Aquaculture Act

• Regulates activities on the farm that affect fish health and welfare and environmental performance.

Clean Environment Act

• Requires farms to conduct environmental monitoring and to meet performance standards, and requires farms to follow environmental management plans.

The Quality Management Program
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency requires all federally registered fish processing plants to develop and implement an in-plant quality control program. This program employs an internationally recognized science-based control system that ensures all East Coast farmed salmon products conform to the highest safety standards.

Reviews and planning for the future
East Coast Atlantic salmon farmers adhere to rigorous, science-based environmental performance standards set by the Government of Canada at both federal and provincial levels. Annual site monitoring programs of salmon farms are among the most stringent in the country and around the world.

It's good for you, and great for the health of Atlantic Canada's economy
Atlantic salmon farming has been part of Canada's East Coast rural communities for generations. In the last 30 years it has grown to become one of the economic drivers of Atlantic Canada. As one of the largest agrifood sectors on Canada's East Coast, and the largest in New Brunswick, we employ more than 4000 people - 75% of whom are under the age of 40.