At the recent 2025 Seafarmers Conference sponsored by the Aquaculture Association of Nova Scotia, Don Mills and Bill Lahey, the President of King’s College, were the kick-off panel keynote speakers focused on the challenges and opportunities facing the sector.

Jeff Bishop, the Executive Director for AANS, was the guest host for this live recorded podcast. Bill was one of the co-authors of “A New Regulatory Framework for Low Impact/High Value Aquaculture in Nova Scotia Report,” which tackled one of the biggest challenges in the sector and provided practical recommendations to streamline and improve regulatory transparency.

Our podcast with Glenn Cooke previously underscored the challenges of doing business in Nova Scotia in the aquaculture industry.

We discussed the current state of the regulatory process and what the industry needed to do to increase public support for this sector.

This is yet another example of the challenges faced in developing our natural resources across Atlantic Canada.