Fish farming
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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                            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...        
     
            
                
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                            What fish can I eat if I’m pregnant?
            Pregnant? Here’s what Springhills fish you can eat! We get lets of questions from expectant mothers and worrying spouses about what Springhills fish is safe to enjoy. On one...        
     
            
                
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                            How do fish farms re-use water?
            Water is one of our most precious resources as farmers. We only have so much, and we take great care to keep it clean and oxygenated so our fish...        
     
            
                
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                            The 6 questions we get on every fish farm tour
            One of our favourite past-times on the farm is giving tours in Ontario, Canada. It gives us an opporTUNAty to show you how a fish farm really works, and...        
     
            
                
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                            Will we ever raise lake whitefish on farms?
            We SHORE hope so — there is a big movement in Ontario to figure out how to raise lake whitefish on farms. This sweet and succulent fish is known...        
     
            
                
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                            Where do fish go from Springhills fish farms?
            Where else do our fish go? Springhills fish go many places in addition to your door steps! This week we’re loading 6,000lbs of trout that will head to Quebec....        
     
            
                
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                            Why we don’t have organic fish
            “Are you organic?” is a question we get a lot at the farm. We support buying organic fruits, vegetables and meat, but we do not find it very useful...        
    