A new breed of fish farming - Aquaculture has long been a target of environmentalists, but critters at this operation in BC tick all the right eco-boxes
Fiona Morrow
March 13,2009
Globe and Mail
"It was like being a leper."
Bruce Swift is remembering his first attempts to generate interest in his B.C.-farmed coho salmon. It was four years ago, and the trip from his property in Agassiz, B.C., to Vancouver was a disaster. "There wasn't one person who would take it," he recalls. "I came back and had to cull 1,500 to 2,000 fish. We shipped them all to the mink farm."How times have changed: Mr. Swift's farmed coho are now an exclusive delicacy, available only at three high-end restaurants in Vancouver - Bishop's, Raincity Grill and the Show Case Restaurant in the Marriott Pinnacle. These critters tick all the right boxes with the local, sustainable and organic movement.
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Posted June 7th, 2009
