In this issueMeeting the Challenge in 2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Thanks SeaCom Marine! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Coho salmon may benefit from aquaculture techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Hatchery electrician gets a charge out of fulfilling life and work . . . . . . . . 3

Remember the date! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

BrainSafe maintenance update . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Safety ‘InSites’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

A time for celebrating, and giving… . . . . . . . . 5

Marine Harvest colleague invited into the Palace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Left stranded on a rock near Port McNeill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Please email comments, articles and ideas to Ian Roberts,

Communications Manager at ian.roberts@marineharvest.com

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As we approach the end of 2012 and the busyness of the holiday season, we should take time to reflect on the past year.  2012 brought many challenges to our business.   Despite these challenges, we had

many successes that need to be recognized.  As of the end of October, our Seawater marginal costs were below budget, average harvest weight was above budget, harvest volume was above budget (although harvest numbers are below budget), total operating costs were below budget and Seawater production was above budget.  We all need to take pride in what we have accomplished in 2012.  It has not always been easy, but we have persevered.

At this time of year, we also need to look ahead to next year.  2013 will be another challenging year for us.  Prices remain low and there is uncertainty around when they will come up.  Keeping our costs down will continue to be top of mind.   As a producer

of a commodity product in a global market, we cannot control pricing.  We have to control costs.  We are also taking steps to set our fish apart from the rest by achieving BAP certification and re-establishing our Sterling brand in the market place.

We all must remain vigilant to ensure that we spend the money necessary to get the job done but always with an eye on not spending more than we absolutely must.  It will take all of us working together to achieve and beat our goals.

To that end, the senior management team is asking for your help.

We need everyone to look at what we do and how we do it.  We need to determine if there are areas where we can save money by changing our practices.  Do you have an idea and keep thinking if only the company would do this we could save money?  We want to hear about it.  Talk to your supervisor and make the change.  Have you done something or changed a practice that resulted in cost savings?  We want to know that too.  If each us challenges ourselves, we will continue to successfully achieve our goals.

Meeting the Challenge in 2013

Did you Know?The average person falls asleep in seven minutes and is about 6 millimeters taller at night.

Trivia time! True or false: Adolf Hitler was

voted ‘Man of the Year’ by Time Magazine in 1938.

Answer on Page 4

By Chris Leighton,

Finance Director

Wharfside January 2013

Thanks SeaCom Marine!Each year our partners in Klemtu organize an “Empty Stocking Fund” and Gavin at SeaCom Marine Electronics Ltd. in Campbell River was happy to help. SeaCom, a supplier to Marine Harvest, kindly

donated two handheld VHF radios that were raffled off to help raise funds that allow the village to purchase a gift for every child in the community.

By Ian Roberts

Can a flu shot that is commonly used for farm-raised salmon help improve the survival of native coho salmon? It’s a question that’s about to be answered, thanks to the collaboration of a group of researchers, aquaculture companies and Campbell River businesses.

Over the past 30 years, Strait of Georgia coho returns have declined significantly and researchers are keen to find out why.

One factor believed to have a negative effect on salmon survival is increasing water temperatures – a concern highlighted as a major factor in the recent Cohen Commission Report that investigated the decline of Fraser River sockeye.

Because an increase in water temperature can trigger disease in fish, juvenile salmon entering the marine environment in the warming spring become quite susceptible.

So a group of fisheries biologists and veterinarians put their collective heads together and hypothesized that the occurrence of vibriosis, a naturally occurring bacterial disease found in fish in the marine environment, may be amplified by warming water temperatures and negatively affecting coho survival.

Fisheries and Oceans Canada, which operates dozens of salmon enhancement and conservation hatcheries in British Columbia, uses bath vaccination against vibriosis for Chinook salmon, but has never injection vaccinated coho to help protect against the disease.

Dave Ewart, manager at Campbell River’s Quinsam River Hatchery, was aware of the major success that salmon farmers have using injection vaccination to protect their fish from common diseases such as vibriosis, and was keen to trial Quinsam River coho with a similar vaccine.

So this past December about 40,000 coho salmon (weighing 12 grams each) were injected with a vibriosis vaccine. The trial includes a control group – another 40,000 salmon injected with an innocuous saline solution. All 80,000 salmon have been tagged with a coded wire so when the salmon return as adults (some early maturing males will return in the fall of 2013 and the rest in the fall of 2014), the survival rates of the two groups can be compared.

“Typically, Quinsam Hatchery produces up to 800,000 Coho smolts per year with a current survival rate of only 2%.  If vaccinating increased this to 4%, it would double the adult return,” says Ewart. “By increasing survival rate we could decide to keep smolt releases the same and provide fishers with many more adult salmon to be caught, or decrease releases and maintain the same number of adult returns, thus saving significant dollars and reducing competition in the Strait of Georgia.”

The trial will run for three consecutive years and is funded by the Campbell River Salmon Foundation ($9200 cash), Centre for Aquatic Health Sciences ($8000 of in-kind support for fish health monitoring services), Fisheries and Oceans Canada ($8000 for in-kind services), and Northwest Marine Technology ($4000 for coded wire tags). Donations were also presented to the Campbell River Salmon Foundation in support of this project by Mercury Marina and Trailer Park ($2000 cash), Marine Harvest Canada ($1000 cash), Novartis Animal Health ($700 for vaccine) and Syndel Labs ($200 for anesthetic).

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40,000 coho salmon were injected with a vaccine and wire tagged in December

Vaccinating Coho Salmon

Remember the date!The 14th Annual BC Aquaculture Achievement Awards Gala is being held

on February 23rd, 2013 in Campbell River. Be sure to reserve the date and look

for nominations forms soon!10th ANNUAL AQUACULTURE

GOLF TOURNAMENT

GLACIER GREENS GOLF COURSE SEPTEMBER 11Th, 2010

1:00PM SHOT GUN START 6:30 PM DINNER

TEXAS SCRAMBLE FORMAT COST: $100.00/PERSON

TO BOOK YOUR TEAM OF FOUR CONTACTDAVE ASHCROFT AT: dave.ashcroft@marineharvest.com

Golf Carts are to be reserved by each team by calling Glacier Greens Pro Shop @ (250) 339-6515 and are at a first come, first served basis

SUPPORT POSITIVE AQUACULTURE AWARENESS

Hatchery electrician gets a charge out of fulfilling life and work

By Gina Forsyth

For more than 11 years Joe Johnson has been responsible for Maintenance and Electrical work at Big Tree Creek Hatchery near Sayward. “My job is to keep everything maintained and running and to do anything

to make the staffs’ lives easier, better, or safer,” Joe says.

“I’ve got an old shop on-site with just about every tool and machine a guy could want, including welders, table saws and a drill press. If it’s made from wood, aluminum stainless, steel, or plastics, I can build it or fix it,” he adds.

He was born and raised in Victoria and finished grade 12 at Vanier High in Courtenay. After graduation, Joe completed his four year electrical apprenticeship at Camosun College in Victoria.

“I’m happy to say I’ve spent my entire life on Vancouver Island,” says Joe.

Joe has worked in construction all over the Island. His father was an electrician and Joe is very proud to follow his dad’s career path. From Victoria to Port Hardy, he has wired hospitals, pulp mills, mines, apartment blocks, and even refitted a cruise ship. Even after 30 years of work, Joe still enjoys doing side jobs on nights and weekends through Joe Johnson Electric.

Along the way, Joe worked for four and a half years at Quinsam Coal. “I was underground and really enjoyed it - it’s a whole different world down there,” he says.

“My great grandfather was a coal miner and that connection meant a lot to me.”

He made the successful transition to aquaculture after his wife saw an ad for the maintenance position at the hatchery. Until then, electrical work had been contracted out, and the managers and Joe chose to take a chance and have an electrician on staff. “We decided on a three month trial to ensure everybody was happy. I think it has worked out well for all of us.”

Joe met his wife Susan while at a construction job in Port Hardy. They’ve been married for 19 years and have raised three wonderful kids. The family built a house four years ago – a task that was on Joe’s “bucket list”. Joe enjoys his home and gets great satisfaction from the simple things, such as cutting grass.

Joe is active all year round, whether it be golfing, baseball (he’s a long standing member of team ‘Upchuck’), camping in the summer or floor hockey in the winter. “I’ve been playing sports with the same group for more than 25 years,” said Joe, adding that he’s enjoying it as much as ever.

“Susan and I have also been lucky enough to enjoy many trips to Mexico. Life is good.”

Joe Johnson, Maintenance and Electrical

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By James Roger, Health and Safety Manager

We’re well into the maintenance phase of BrainSafe. This means we need to apply the concepts we learned in BrainSafe to take action for our personal safety and the safety of our peers. Here’s what is happening now:

EyeCheck books

By now everyone should have received their own personal EyeCheck book. If you haven’t got one ask your manager or contact anyone from the Health & Safety department. Use this process when you are starting a new task or something significant has changed.

RedZone hazards addressed

We have prioritized the RedZone list and we’re tracking completion of all items and recording the result. To date we have confirmed 15% of the hazards have been corrected. Go to Sharepoint/H&S/Projects/RedZone to view the list.

Safety talks

In addition, each manager is receiving monthly BrainSafe topics to discuss at their meetings. It’s important to make safety a priority in your meetings. Our CEO

Alf-Helge Aarskog communicated this importance recently:

“I want to appeal to all of you to do the following: Stop and think, use the BrainSafe “eye-check” procedure, start all meetings and gatherings with a safety talk, credit those who stop dangerous procedures at work, do whatever it takes, every time. We have to make

sure no one gets hurt. I want you all safe home from work every day.”

We will gain real momentum when each person in the organization views safety as a top priority and their actions are consistent with this attitude. If you are a leader, your words and actions will influence the members of your team. You are a key implementer of this program.

Answer: True

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BrainSafe maintenance update

Safety ‘InSites’• Over the past few decades, hundreds

of workers have suffered fatal injuries while performing maintenance on machinery. Lockout procedures were

not even attempted in the majority of these incidents.

• An average man needs only 12lbs of buoyancy to stay afloat. The average

buoyancy rating on the personal floating devices used by our salmon farmers is 35lbs, which is enough to keep a 500 pound man from drowning.

By Dan Pattison, Health and Safety Advisor

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A time for celebrating, and giving…

Staff and company raised over $1800 in food and cash for Campbell River’s Food Bank. Greg Gibson and Stephen Budgeon went shopping and delivered a truck load of food.

Marine Harvest staff were busy in December both giving and celebrating. Donations of one thousand dollars each were made to the Campbell River Food Bank, Knights of Columbus Hamper Drive and the Vancouver Island North Women’s Resource Society.Meanwhile, Marine Harvest workers donated food and toys for the Food Bank and Knights of Columbus Hamper Drive in Campbell River, as well as to the Harvest Food Bank and Gazette Hamper Fund in Port Hardy.The Salvation Army welcomed the good news that Marine Harvest will again commit to providing weekly donations of salmon throughout 2013 in support of their lunch program. This commitment has now been maintained continuously for the past seven years.Marine Harvest families also gathered for a Kids Christmas Party at Port Hardy and Campbell River to enjoy each other’s company and to meet Santa!

Ian Roberts, Communications Manager, presented Jim Linton at the Knights of Columbus Hamper Fund with over $1,100 in cash and toys.

More Kids Christmas Party photos posted on Facebook!

Santa visited Campbell River to deliver presents to “nice” kids, like Maggie McGee.

Charlie Marsili got to meet Santa!

Thanks Santa! There were fun activities at the Port Hardy Kids Christmas Party.

Santa’s little helper was ready in Port Hardy.

It was hard to let Santa go, but he had a very busy week ahead!

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Our colleagues in Scotland recently participated in a lunch at Buckingham Palace hosted by HRH The Duke of York, Prince Andrew, in the honour of “The Outward Bound Trust”, an educational charity that Marine Harvest Scotland (MHS) supports.

Working with the Outward Bound Trust in Scotland, MHS supported 30 pupils from Lochaber High School on a four day course at Ullswater in the Lake District and two pupils from Kinlochleven High School on a 15 day course at Locheilside near Fort William.

The Outward Bound Trust is the UK’s leading provider of bursary-assisted outdoor learning. The trust aims to help young people realize their potential through learning in the wild. They create a supportive and challenging environment in which young people can learn about themselves and see what they might truly be capable of achieving in life. HRH The Duke of York, Prince Andrew, is Chairman of the Trustees and devotes much time to it. Last year, over 26,000 young people went on an Outward Bound course, of which a third were financially supported.

“The lunch at Buckingham Palace for around 20 supporters of the Trust including actor Robert Duvall, was a fascinating and unforgettable experience”, said Steve Bracken, Business Support Manager at MHS. “Not having been in the Palace before it was definitely a new experience to meet the Duke of York, course participants, Outward Bound employees, and other Trust supporters in very unique surroundings,” he added.

Marine Harvest colleague invited into the Palace

Darren Tuele (Fisheries and Oceans Canada) and Ed Fellbaum (Marine Harvest) were left stranded on a rock near Port McNeill, but not for long. They were downloading weather information that helps assist in important research such as the Broughton Area Management Plan. (photo by Greg Gibson)