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What’s the healthiest option for my family? What do all those claims on the label mean? Learn more about fish and seafood direct from us the producers!
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How do you humanely harvest a fish?
One reason that Springhills fish tastes so fresh is the gentle way we harvest it. Every fish is stunned immediately as it comes out of the water. That means...
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Top 5 fish farming myths we bust constantly
Our dad always says the second job of every fish farmer is education, as there are lots of misconceptions out there! Here’s the 5 we hear most often: 1....
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What regulations do fish farmers follow?
What regulations do fish farmers follow? 🕵️ We use a public resource 💧🌊 so we’re under the careful eye of government regulators. Farmers like us support these rules because...
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Unverified claims on seafood labels
A recent SeaChoice report found that 7 in 10 seafood products make unverified claims on the label, Claims like “responsible”, “sustainable” and “humane”. It doesn’t mean they aren’t doing these...
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In the news
Do you ever hear bad things about net-pen fish farms?
I’ve been getting some emails recently from customers concerned that we’re now raising rainbow trout in open-water pens on Manitoulin Island. We know there are some bad net-pen farms...
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What kind of fish farm is best?
When the topic of fish farming comes up with your friends, do you ever find they’re quick to say what types of farms are good and what types are...
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Can fish feel pain?
This is still greatly debated and undecided. But as some scientists learn more, they’re finding that fish can suffer and feel pain. We fish farmers would agree. Researchers have...
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How do trout, salmon and char behave differently on a fish farm?
Trout are wolves, salmon are sheep, and char are like golden retrievers. You might think that our three fish are similar, but they aren’t. Each species has evolved very...
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How old is a fish when it’s harvested?
Would you believe almost THREE years old? Trout, char and salmon are typically harvested between 30 to 36 months. That’s over 1,000 days of feeding, raising and caring for...
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Here’s a look at tank cleaning on a fish fish
Here’s how daily tank cleaning look like on the fish farm. We gently scrub-a-dub-dub first thing every morning to keep the water clean and the fish healthy. View this...
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Do we use MRNA vaccines in our fish?
Do we use MRNA vaccines in our fish? Do we inject them with antibiotics? We’ve seen a ‘spike’ in these questions recently, and I wanted to speak to them...
