Through these pages, the aquaculture industry has the distinct opportunity to share information with each other and empower themselves to bring about change in the systems in which they work within.

It's about each individual aquaculturist collecting scientific knowledge, as well as local insights to develop a holistic understanding. The more informed a community is, the stronger and more sustainable the progress becomes.

Maybe now is not the time to sit back and allow leaders to fight your battles for you. Maybe it is about strength in numbers. If it is true that a problem shared is a problem halved, then a problem shared with hundreds of thousands of colleagues across the continent cannot be a burden at all.

What's inside the issue? 

• Beauty and the kelp: Maine women find alternative ways to use farmed kelp
• Boutique to bold: Setting the stage for Maine’s aquaculture growth
• Degrees vs. deckhands: What does the aquaculture industry really value in its workforce?
• Insights on First Nations’ fight for sovereignty in B.C. salmon farming
• And much more!