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British Columbia is the fourth largest producer of salmon in the world and is Canada's leader in aquaculture production with 52.3% of total production value, followed by New Brunswick with 20.7% in 2009. The main species of fish farmed in Canada is led by salmon with 70.5% of all fish in aquaculture followed by mussels with 15.1%.
Cermaq is a company which farms salmon and trout in Norway, Canada, Chile and Scotland. In 2017 the farming business had sales of around USD 1,1 billion, and a total sales volume of 157,800 tonnes. Cermaq is a fully owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corporation. [2] The company has its headquarters in Oslo, Norway.
Cooke Inc. was established in Blacks Harbour, New Brunswick, Canada [3] 1985 by Gifford Cooke and his two sons Glenn and Michael, [8] whom of which started with farming 5,000 salmon in a pen. [9] In 2015, Cooke expanded its operations in the United States by establishing Cooke Seafood USA Inc., while also acquiring the Wanchese Fish Company. [10]
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In the archipelago lie several salmon farms. [20] The first salmon farm was introduced into Broughton Archipelago in 1987 and production steadily rose to 17 Gg by 1999. [21] [22] However, due to the nature of open-net pen salmon aquaculture, the tight space became a breeding ground for sea lice. [citation needed]
The company specializes in fresh Atlantic salmon. It has an annual production of 80,000 tonnes of salmon and trout. The company is based in Bergen, Norway, and listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange. The company was listed on 20 July 2007. The largest owners are Grieg Holdings (40.63%) and Halde Invest (20.54%).