February 13,
2006
Creative Salmon is 100% compliant with Government Regulations.
Fisheries Inspectors from the
Compliance and Monitoring Unit of the Fisheries and Aquaculture
Licensing and Compliance Branch of the Provincial Government spent
2 days in February inspecting all farm sites belonging to Creative
Salmon. The purpose of the inspection is to ensure all aquaculture
companies in the Province are in compliance with the various
regulations and conditions of their operating licenses. It is a
very detailed inspection covering of all aspects of the farm
operation right down to daily record keeping.
In a letter containing the results
from the inspections, Fisheries Inspector Mr. Atkinson writes, "I
would like to also take this opportunity to express how much I
enjoyed working with your managers and staff. I found them very
knowledgeable and the pride taken by the staff in the farm sites
is very evident".
Well done Creative Salmon!
February 27, 2006
Positive Aquaculture Awareness Group Pays Tribute to this year’s
Salmon Farming Star Performers.
Creative Salmon was the Business of
the year recipient at the 7th annual Positive Aquaculture
Awareness Achievement Awards held in Campbell River, BC.
ACF24B9.pdf
Tim Rundle, Operations
Manager/Senior Biologist accepting from Leanne Brunt of Positive
Aquaculture Awareness.
www.farmfreshsalmon.org
February 6, 2006
Last salmon farm dog?
Ode to a friend.
There
was a time on this coast when every salmon farm had one dog, at least. Alas, no more! What I believe to be
the last salmon farm dog on the BC coast left this veil of tears
on Monday February 6.
Daisy was a tough old girl who
survived a trip over a waterfall, trying to bite a moving circular
saw blade, the last ten years of winter storms and Grant.
She was grumpy in the mornings, she
smelled bad, she would give you crap one minute and be your friend
the next (especially if food was involved) and she always gave the
new folk a hard time. In other words she was a typical Creative
employee.
If there is a doggy heaven, then
our beloved Daisy is on an endless boat ride with sunshine, lots
of waves to bark at, and the electric pallet jack (her chew toy).
Godspeed Daisy.
Written by Dave Bailey of Tofino on behalf of Daisy's coworkers.
January 26, 2006
Creative Salmon receives top prize (2005 Ocean Products Business
of the Year) at the Vancouver Island Business Excellence Awards
held in Victoria, BC. 2005 The company won the Crystal Award in
the Ocean Products of the Year category. Runners up were Hardy
Buoys Smoked Fish of Port Hardy and Unique Sea Farms of Nanaimo.
The event is sponsored by the
Business Examiner Newspaper (http://www.businessexaminer.net)
and numerous businesses on Vancouver Island.
According to Business Examiner
spokeswoman Geri Sera, Creative Salmon was nominated because
"they're on the leading edge of fish farms and pursuing Organic
Certification for their farm raised Pacific salmon". According to
Sera "business are nominated for the awards by individuals from
the Vancouver Island business community and evaluated by
independent judges from both ends of the Island."
Spencer Evans, the company's
General Manager was on hand to receive the award on behalf of
Creative Salmon. "This award means a lot to us" said Evans. "It's
encouraging to have third party verification on our vision of
providing high quality salmon in an environmentally sustainable
manner.
Congratulations to all the staff of Creative Salmon for making
this happen!
