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"The Honourable Gerry Byrne, Minister of Fisheries and Land Resources, today announced a $725,000-investment to support aquaculture industry expansion to create jobs and help operators expand their product lines and markets. Initiatives to support aquaculture industry expansion include: $500,000 for the Fisheries and Aquaculture Branch of the Department of Fisheries and Land Resources to purchase a 32-foot, customized, multi-purpose seaworthy vessel enabling access to remote aquaculture sites in rough weather conditions to provide site assessment, inspections, oceanography research, laboratory and health surveillance activities, such as sample collection. $200,000 for upgrades to Fisheries and Aquaculture Branch laboratory facilities in St. Alban's to support aquatic animal health requirements for the aquaculture sector. Upgrades include: Removing and disposing of current infrastructure, including second-floor water and live holding systems; Establishing an area for laboratory, storage and administrative office space; and Positioning an effluent discharge disinfection and neutralization system on the ground floor to meet laboratory ISO accreditation requirements. $25,000 to support the Expression of Interest process to identify and select a proponent for salmon aquaculture development in the bays west of Bay d'Espoir towards Burgeo and Port aux Basques. Such development could ultimately result in a production level of 15,000-20,000 metric tonnes of salmon and 100-150 direct new jobs in the area. This initiative is part of a plan to support renewable resource-based businesses and employment in rural communities during the COVID-19 global pandemic through investments in the forestry, agriculture, fisheries and aquaculture sectors." http://web.archive.org/web/20201129195837/https://www.gov.nl.ca/releases/2020/flr/0731n10/ "The Honourable Dwight Ball, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, and the Honourable Gerry Byrne, Minister of Fisheries and Land Resources, today announced $5 million in Provinci

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