Wharfside
March 2018
New sea lice removal technology ready for action
In this issue The Greenest Solution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 India native “proud to be a salmon farmer”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 BrainSafe energizer for 2018: TalkSafety, Be-Innovative. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 The Puppy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Great partnership. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Skookum overalls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Collaborations on the Coast. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Did You Know? Newfoundland motorists drove on the left side of the road until January 2nd 1947.
Trivia time! Which one of Canada’s three largest cities is on an island? Answer on page 4
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Hydrolicer image: Global Salmon Initiative
Another new tool is about to be added to Marine Harvest’s fish health tool box that will help ensure the company continues to effectively manage sea lice levels on its fish, as well as reach its certification targets that include continued reduction of medicine use. A non-medicinal machine called the Hydrolicer is now ready to get to work knocking off the tiny crustaceans that naturally live on the skin of many fish in the ocean. The method is quite simple, says Gerry Burry, who has taken the lead for Marine Harvest Canada’s research and development of the system’s applicability in
British Columbia. “We use water pressure to carefully get between the sea louse and the salmon’s skin. Once the sea lice are separated from the salmon, we can capture them for disposal.” While the process is simple, the technology used is specially designed and carefully tweaked to make sure stress on the salmon is minimal. “We want to make sure that while the system removes sea lice, it is also delicate to our fish. We won’t accept anything less than a quick and safe process that ensures our fish are kept as stress free as possible,” Gerry says. The Hydrolicer gets to work at Marine Harvest just before another method of Continued on page 2
The Greenest Solution The David Suzuki Foundation recently published a blog about non-toxic cleaning solutions. According to the Foundation, “the two most effective natural disinfectants are vinegar and hydrogen peroxide.” That fact is most interesting to salmon farmers, as they periodically use hydrogen peroxide as a safe and effective treatment to remove sea lice from their salmon. Other conservation organizations agree: the Aquaculture Stewardship Council’s
salmon standard (initiated by the World Wildlife Fund) considers the treatment of salmon with a diluted solution of hydrogen peroxide as benign. David Suzuki’s “Queen of Green” blog post – titled Non-toxic disinfecting – states that hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is water with an extra oxygen molecule. Unlike chlorine bleach, it breaks down into oxygen and water and is kind to the environment. For most applications, H202 should be diluted
to a 3% concentration — how it’s usually sold. While safe domestic use recommends a 3% concentration, that is far too rich for a topical treatment of fish. Salmon farming veterinarians typically prescribe treatments at a diluted concentration 30 times less than domestic application, or about 0.1%. You can read more green tips by the Queen of Green at https://davidsuzuki.org/ queen-of-green/.
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New sea lice removal technology ready for action organic sea lice removal sails into Canada. A brand new 75 metre ship will arrive mid-2018 and will provide a freshwater bath for the company’s salmon. Freshwater bathing is an effective method of removing sea lice from salmon (sea lice only survive
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in saltwater) and provides therapy to a fish’s gills. If necessary, the vessel can also provide an enclosed treatment centre for application of hydrogen peroxide to aid in gill repair and sea lice removal.
Dieticians and doctors recommend we eat oily fish (salmon) twice weekly. Visit our website for the full nutritional profile of our salmon at http://marineharvest.ca/product/
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If you’re interested to see the result of Marine Harvest’s sea lice management, you can view monthly updates that provide the most current sea lice levels and treatment methods at http://marineharvest.ca/ planet.
India native “proud to be a salmon farmer” By Gina Forsyth
Although Pavan Padavala, Assistant Manager of Midsummer Island, has been with Marine Harvest for a relatively short time, he has already made a positive mark on the company. Born in the southern part of India, in the state of Andhra Pradesh, Pavan earned his Bachelor of Science following completion of high school. In 2010, he made the big move specifically to Canada to attend Memorial University in Newfoundland where he completed his Masters in Marine Studies with a major in Fisheries Resource Management. He also took an Advanced Diploma in Sustainable Aquaculture and specialized in feed replacement. “I knew that aquaculture would be providing food to the world and the diploma took my interest,” says Pavan. When Pavan was a student, Marine Harvest visited the campus. He was interviewed and hired before leaving Newfoundland and began his career at Wicklow Point in May 2013, and then followed it up at Glacier Falls where he stayed for a year as Assistant Manager before moving to his current site at Midsummer. He’s responsible for running the farm when the manager is not there. This includes setting the staff ’s workday, training new
staff, collecting daily data, and ensuring health and safety policies are followed. “I like that Marine Harvest encourages additional training,” explains Pavan. Pavan enjoys “every part” of his job and is honoured to be part of an industry that puts “so much care into the fish.” “I’m proud to be a salmon farmer. I take pride in my job,” says Pavan. In early January 2017, Pavan returned to India and met his new bride, Sreshta, for the first time. They met January 19 and were engaged February 1, when a wedding date was set. In the intervening two weeks, they got to know each other and felt comfortable together. They were married February 19 surrounded by family
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and friends. The event included various ceremonies and sumptuous food. The reception was held in Pavan’s hometown four days later, and following that, time was spent with both families. “[We] had great support from the company during the whole process,” says Pavan, adding that he’s grateful for the Marine Harvest staff, particularly his Regional Manager Kelly Osborne. Sreshta arrived in Canada May 31, 2017. She has a business degree and once her work permit is approved, she’ll begin job hunting. Pavan and Sreshta have bought a house and live in south Campbell River. The couple enjoys long drives, badminton, volleyball, and hiking.
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BrainSafe energizer for 2018: TalkSafety, Be-Innovative
“Watch Marine Harvest CEO, Alf-Helge Aarskog, introduce the TalkSafety program”
We have remained focused to ensure BrainSafe lives on within Marine Harvest Canada and it has
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fundamentally shifted our safety culture for the better. Now is the time to take a step back and look at what has worked well, as well as how we can continue to improve moving forward. That’s where the TalkSafety BeInnovative campaign comes in, which is slated to start in March. We learned through BrainSafe that the better our conversations are, the safer we are. The Be-Innovative process is a way for us to have focused conversations about how to continually improve our safety culture. Be-Innovative is an interactive and employee-driven exercise that will be facilitated so that
everyone has a voice in their team during a workshop-style exercise. Through the Be-Innovative process, we will assess our safety culture at the site-level, identify ways to continually improve, test our new ideas, celebrate our safety successes, increase best practices sharing at the business unit and corporate levels, and act in alignment with our Marine Harvest values of Change and Share. More exciting news to follow…stay tuned and stay safe!
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Five years ago, Marine Harvest rolled out BrainSafe – our brain-based safety process. We have had some amazing success with BrainSafe and reached incredible milestones in our health and safety performance. For example, we trained the workforce on BrainSafe, saw improved reporting of incidents, enhanced our ability to talk about safety, made significant improvements in our processes, and realized the true purpose of why we need and want to work safely, and for whom we work safely!
The Puppy Matt Matthews at California’s Golden State Seafoods was hashtagging #MarineHarvest on Instagram and up popped a photo of this cute puppy floating in a Marine Harvest fish case. The Instagram account, an independent photography and videography business in Jakarta named “Gano Visual” provides this background about the photo: “A puppy floating on the marine harvest box when the flood hit the capital city of Indonesia, Jakarta, 2015.”
Great partnership For the past decade, Marine Harvest has partnered with the Campbell River Salmon Foundation. At the March 10 fundraising dinner, staff representatives will deliver a $10,000 cheque to the Foundation, totalling over $102,000 since 2007. The Campbell River Salmon Foundation provides funding for salmon enhancement projects in the Campbell River area from the Oyster River north to the Salmon River estuary.
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Dr. Richard Beamish, Emeritus Scientist, introduces 120 Collaborations on the Coast 2018 participants to an upcoming International Salmon Research Expedition.
Collaborations on the Coast Skookum overalls All employees who welcome a new child or grandchild to their family will receive a pair of adorable Marine Harvest overalls.
The BC Salmon Farmers Association held its annual science workshop in Nanaimo, B.C., on March 1st. The workshop series are held to develop research priorities pertaining to furthering knowledge on the health of wild salmon stocks and the
LUCAS™ machine (photo courtesy of Erin Neely, Pacific Coastal Airlines)
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Marine Harvest is pleased to donate $2,000 to R.W. Large Memorial Hospital in Bella Bella to help purchase a Lucas™ Chest Compression System - equipment that can help save a life during a cardiac arrest. Ocean Falls Manager, Ken Maddison, confirmed the donation at the “A Night of 1000 Lights Gala” held in February at the Shearwater Bar and Grill.
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coastal environment in which they live. The research is conducted in partnership with government, academia, and independent research institutions. You can view the research priorities at http:// bcsalmonfarmers.ca/research-innovation/.
“Our Gala and donors helped us meet our monetary goal and I can proudly announce that we will indeed be purchasing the Lucas! Thank you for being part of our success!”, wrote Dr. Lauri-Ann Shearer in an email to Marine Harvest.
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