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VANCOUVER, BC, April 7, 2021 /CNW/ - Improving the environmental sustainability of our seafood sectors while ensuring they remain competitive in the marketplace is a shared goal of British Columbians. The Government of Canada is committed to supporting that goal through targeted investments in new technology. These are solutions that will help the sector become cleaner, greener and more sustainable.
Today, the Member of Parliament for Burnaby North Seymour and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, Terry Beech, on behalf of the Minister, the Honourable Bernadette Jordan, announced funding of over $5.4 million from the Fisheries and Aquaculture Clean Technology Adoption Program to support 36 projects that are contributing to clean economic growth in British Columbia. The Province of British Columbia also announced a contribution of more than $785,000 in funding towards these projects.
From: Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Backgrounder
The Fisheries and Aquaculture Clean Technologies Adoption Program is a federal initiative encouraging the adoption of green technologies in the fishing and aquaculture industry. The program provides $20 million over four years to help businesses adopt new, clean technologies into their operations.
This latest funding of over $5.4 million represents a significant investment from the federal government, along with additional funding from the Province of British Columbia, in creating a greener, more ecologically friendly fisheries and aquaculture industry in British Columbia.
The projects receiving funding from FACTAP are:
$28,195 for 607237 BC Ltd. of Quathiaski Cove, BC to invest in a new sonar system for bottom mapping, resulting in fuel savings and bycatch reduction.