Land-based salmon farming -- is it the future?

No need to wait for the future -- it is already here. But despite what some NGOs and open net-pen haters would have you think, land-based salmon production has plenty of challenges to overcome to boast production levels anywhere near what comes from the world’s net pens right now.

Last week I attended the Aquaculture Innovation Workshop (AIW) in Vancouver, British Columbia, hosted by The Conservation Fund's Freshwater Institute, Tides Canada, Simon Fraser University, and the Atlantic Salmon Federation.