First Nation entrepreneur, James Walkus, owner of the multi-generation, family-run James Walkus Fishing Company, credits a large part of his success on his partnership with Marine Harvest Canada.
Walkus, who started in the commercial fishing business, now uses his 105′ harvest boat (Amarissa Joye) to transport salmon from the farms to the processing plant in Port Hardy, located on the north-eastern coast of Vancouver Island.
In fact, his partnership with Marine Harvest is so successful that he has plans to build a second vessel the same size as the Amarissa Joye to keep up with the demand of the growing aquaculture industry in British Columbia.
