The provincial government is providing financial support aimed at ensuring the ongoing development of the aquaculture industry on New Brunswick's east coast.
The provincial government is making a further investment in the New Brunswick Aquarium and Marine Centre in Shippagan. With investments of $740,000 during the past three years, renovations have been c .....
The provincial government is investing an additional $1 million under two initiatives to support land development and enhancement of livestock genetics. Agriculture and Aquaculture Minister Ronald Oue .....
On Thursday, May 6, Premier Shawn Graham and Agriculture and Aquaculture Minister Ronald Ouellette welcomed to Fredericton the Cuban ambassador to Canada, Teresita de Jesus Vicente Sotolongo. Later in .....
Agriculture and Aquaculture Minister Ronald Ouellette spoke on the Theme: Working Together � Putting Agriculture First, during a recent meeting of the Agricultural Alliance of NB in Fredericton.
Scholarship winner, Granite Town Farms, New Brunswick Community College (St. Andrews campus) congratulated
Granite Town Farms Ltd. (Wild Blueberry Gourmet Products) and the New Brunswick Community College (NBCC), St. Andrews campus, received congratulations at the legislative assembly for sponsoring a proj .....
Delegation from China to explore agriculture opportunities
A delegation from Hebei province in China has arrived in Fredericton to explore opportunities in the agriculture sector, with special emphasis on the potato industry. The delegation has met with Agri .....
Agri-food products and agri-tourism in New Brunswick were highlighted when Agriculture and Aquaculture Minister Ronald Ouellette toured the Hunter Bros. farm in Florenceville.
The provincial government today officially opened the New Brunswick Fish Health Laboratory in St. George. From left: St. George Mayor Sharon Tucker; Donald L. Reynolds, dean of the Atlantic Veterinary .....
Official opening of first commercial shellfish hatchery in New Brunswick
Minister of Agriculture and Aquaculture Ronald Ouellette was in Shippagan on Friday, July 17, to participate in the official opening of L��tang Ruisseau Bar Lt�e�s commercial shellfish hatchery. The .....
The New Brunswick Aquarium and Marine Centre's Fisheries and Aquaculture Day was held on Friday, July 17, to honour the province's fishing and aquaculture industries. The event was held as part of the .....
A new logo and signage to promote New Brunswick Christmas trees was released by the Coop�rative des producteurs d'arbres de No�l de Grand-Sault on Saturday, July 11. From left: Maurice Castonguay, pre .....
Ocean Spray, the world's largest cranberry handler, began construction today on a cranberry farm near Lac Despr�s that has the potential to become a regional growing hub. Premier Shawn Graham was joi .....
Province is world�s third-largest maple products producer
The northwest New Brunswick maple production was very good this year, and some producers are now processing maple syrup into valued-added maple products. In New Brunswick, there are about 200 maple p .....
Minister Ronald Ouellette recently visited St. Quentin maple products producers
New Brunswick maple producers are now transforming their maple sap into valued-added products that will be sold around the world. In March, Minister of Agriculture and Aquaculture Ronald Ouellette vi .....
The New Brunswick Aquaculture Summit was held in Fredericton on April 16-17, bringing together government officials as well as industry leaders to discuss the future of aquaculture in the province. Th .....
A second case of the H1N1 flu virus has been confirmed in New Brunswick. Dr. Eilish Cleary, the chief medical officer of health for New Brunswick, made this announcement today.
New Brunswick is taking part in the 2009 International Boston Seafood Show, which is the largest international seafood trade show in North America. The annual event is held in Boston from March 15-17 .....
Agriculture ministers from the Atlantic provinces agreed in Charlottetown, P.E.I., to co-operate in the development of the agriculture and agri-food sector in this region. From left: Nova Scotia Minis .....
The annual Premier's open house was held at the Centennial Building on Wednesday, Dec. 17. Minister of Fisheries Rick Doucet and Minister of Agriculture and Aquaculture Ronald Ouellette joined Chef G .....
The annual presentation of a Christmas tree to the Premier of New Brunswick took place on Wednesday, Dec. 10, in front of the legislative assembly building in Fredericton. The tree was donated to the .....
Agriculture and Aquaculture Minister Ronald Ouellette recently visited a number of Charlotte County businesses that provide services to New Brunswick�s aquaculture industry.
Agriculture and Aquaculture Minister Ronald Ouellette (left) signed a declaration to officially recognize November as National 4-H Month in New Brunswick. On hand for the event was Linda Porter, provi .....
The New Brunswick government and the province�s dairy industry have launched Milk 20/20 Lait, an initiative promoting greater co-operation and innovation in the dairy sector. From left: Agriculture an .....
The Province of New Brunswick is investing $850,000 to help the agriculture and agri-food sector become more profitable and sustainable. The funding, announced today by Agriculture and Aquaculture Min .....
A five-year, $1.3-billion multilateral agreement, Growing Forward, was signed today in Quebec City, Que., by Agriculture and Aquaculture Minister Ronald Ouellette and the other federal, provincial and .....
The high-quality, nutritious food grown in New Brunswick will be promoted in four on-farm media events across the province this summer, Agriculture and Aquaculture Minister Ronald Ouellette has announ .....
An investment of $650,000 is being made by the Province of New Brunswick to help agricultural producers bring new land into production, and improve the productivity of existing agricultural land. Agr .....
Members of the New Brunswick Maple Syrup Association were hosted recently at the Legislative Assembly, where MLAs and staff were presented with maple syrup products. From left: New Brunswick Maple Syr .....
Construction of a new $2.36-million provincial fish-health laboratory began with an official sod-turning ceremony in St. George. Fisheries Minister Rick Doucet; Larry Hammell, Atlantic Veterinary Coll .....
The creation of a permanent minister's roundtable on agriculture and the establishment of temporary task groups were announced today by Agriculture and Aquaculture Minister Ronald Ouellette as immedia .....
March 12-18 will be officially recognized as Canadian Agricultural Safety Week in the province, Agriculture and Aquaculture Minister Ronald Ouellette has announced. From left: Premier Shawn Graham, C .....
At a reception Feb. 24 in Boston, Premier Shawn Graham, Fisheries Minister Rick Doucet and Agriculture and Aquaculture Minister Ronald Ouellette unveiled a new logo and marketing materials that will b .....
The governments of New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia, and the Government of Canada, through the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) will invest $12 million in the future of t .....
A new Register of Farm Businesses to help support the work done by general farm organizations in the province has been launched by Agriculture and Aquaculture Minister Ronald Ouellette. The minister, .....
While in Memramcook to announce the new Agri-Food Market Development Program, Agriculture and Aquaculture Minister Ronald Ouellette (centre) enjoyed some of the apples at Belliveau Orchard with two of .....
Members of the New Brunswick Maple Syrup Association were hosted recently at the Legislative Assembly, where MLAs and staff were presented with maple syrup products. From left: New Brunswick Maple Syr .....
The Government of Canada and the Province of New Brunswick are investing $3.8 million in the province's beef and dairy industries to help accelerate the elimination of bovine spongiform encephalopathy .....
The governments of Canada and New Brunswick today announced changes to the Canada-New Brunswick program for the implementation of Beneficial Management Practices (BMPs). These changes will increase th .....
March 14-20 was officially recognized as Canadian Agricultural Safety Week in the province. Premier Shawn Graham, left, and Agriculture and Aquaculture Minister Ronald Ouellette, right, presented a d .....
Premier Shawn Graham took the occasion of the annual holiday open house at the Centennial Building in Fredericton to greet Richard Chiasson, the Canadian Culinary Federation chef of the year 2006. Ch .....
New Brunswick is continuing its 80-year history of trade with Cuba, as eight New Brunswick exporters prepare to ship 8,500 tonnes of seed potatoes to that country over the next two weeks. Agriculture .....
The new .Vet system developed by the Department of Agriculture and Aquaculture was recently nominated for a prestigious award at the national level. Dr. Yves Vaillancourt, of the Department's Veterina .....
Ronald Ouellette signs the register to become Minister of Agriculture and Aquaculture in the presence of Premier Shawn Graham, Lt.-Gov. Herm�n�gilde Chiasson , and Clerk of the Executive Council, Mau .....
A $3.3-million innovation research project to determine the viability of raising halibut in an aquaculture environment will be undertaken by Canadian Halibut Inc., along with federal, provincial, and .....
The Province of New Brunswick is investing $300,000 to support the establishment of the first plant-based bio-fuel refinery in Atlantic Canada, Premier Bernard Lord announced today. From left: Roy C .....
Two New Brunswick seafood processors have an exclusive agreement to provide seafood products to Atlantic Canada Subway restaurants for the Taste of the Atlantic promotion.
A number of New Brunswick seafood processors were present in the legislative assembly today for the second reading of the new Seafood Processing Act by Aquaculture, Fisheries and Aquaculture Minister .....
The Province of New Brunswick is contributing $1 million to a genomics-research project designed to establish world leadership in cod aquaculture in Atlantic Canada. The announcement was made recently .....
Members of the New Brunswick Maple Syrup Association were hosted recently at the legislative assembly, where MLAs and staff were presented with maple syrup. Agriculture, Fisheries and Aquaculture Mini .....
Trevor Taylor, Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture for the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, is spending two days in New Brunswick touring the province's aquaculture industry in the Bay of Fund .....
The Province of New Brunswick and Potatoes New Brunswick will team up again this year to establish a Potato Harvest Labour Recruitment Hotline for Carleton, Victoria and Madawaska counties.
Seafood and aquaculture processors from throughout New Brunswick are meeting with great success at the 2005 International Boston Seafood Show currently underway in Massachusetts. Eight companies have .....
