The Ministry of Agriculture is offering three Mazzaella japonica harvest licences and increased quotas for the 2015-16 beach-cast seaweed harvest season in the Deep Bay and Bowser area.

Two years after the provincial and federal governments launched a program to support agrifood exports, B.C. companies are reporting remarkable success in reaching new international markets.

Following the federal government’s decision to issue aquaculture licences, the B.C. government has issued two new tenures under the Land Act for salmon aquaculture purposes, near Hope Island off the northern tip of Vancouver Island, and offered two more, one in the Clio Channel, east of Port McNeill, and one near Flores Island, north of Tofino.

The Misty Isles Economic Development Society (MIEDS) is promoting fresh local products from Haida Gwaii with a new logo. The Buy Local program is providing MIEDS $5,225 to launch the branding project.

B.C. Agriculture Minister Norm Letnick issued the following statement, about the Government of Canada's decision to grant tax deferrals to B.C livestock producers in regions affected by drought.

The Province of B.C. has signed a new 10-year memorandum of understanding (MOU) with 4-H British Columbia to help engage young British Columbians with careers in agriculture.