Shawna Taylor
Ocean Trout Farms
Proudly working in the aquaculture industry for 23 years, and loving every minute.
JOHNNY FLYNN
Colville Bay Oysters
Dawn Campbell-Sapier
Bideford Shellfish Hatchery
Martin O’Brien
Cascumpec BAY OYSTER CO.
Russell Ventura
Atlantic Aqua Farms
Russell likes to work with his colleagues, they have hard times but they also find lots to laugh about. It’s fun to work.
Wayne and Randy Chiasson
The W&R Fisheries Ltd.
They take a lot of pride, in running a nice tidy operation together. While Wayne gets seasick- he looks after the plant and Randy looks after the boats
Rosanne Mouland
Atlantic Aqua Farms
Roseanne Mouland is the captain of an all-female oyster scow boat, sailing out of Rustico.
Robbie Moore
the Brackley Bay oyster co.
Robbie currently owns a 28 acre oyster farm in the Brackley Bay area. It’s a small operation, but a unique farm with a very rich history.
DANIEL CREE
Grappler
GEORGE Bleasdale
Greg Clark
CAPTAIN
MELISSA NICHOLSON
LABOURER & ALTERNATE CAPTAIN
OWEN BERNARD
CAPTAIN
Betty Benoit
Aquaculture Technician
Marije Booman
Senior Research Scientist (ONDA)
Sherry Caines
Supervisor
Brian Linton
Aquaculture Manager (ONDA)
Wallace Rose
Aquaculture Technician
STORIES FROM THE SEA
Aquaculture Industry an Island Ambassador
Food is at the heart of every community and culture. When you think of France, you conjure images of wine, cheese, and baguettes. When you think of Germany, you might picture sausages and beer. When you think of Prince Edward Island, you think of shellfish.
Aquaculture Opportunities for Youth
For years, Karla Handrahan, a Grade 9 teacher at Hernewood Intermediate School in western PEI, had been hearing the same mantra from her students. Many felt that if they were not going to pursue post-secondary education, their only real option for employment was to move “out West” or somewhere other than Prince Edward Island.
PEI’s Original Farmer of the Sea
A massive part of identity on Prince Edward Island, our mussel industry is responsible for producing $45 million in exports annually and employing approximately 1,500 people. It wouldn’t be what it is today without the vision and persistence of one man, the pioneer of mussel farming on PEI, Joe Van Den Bremt.