News & Events

Upcoming Events

VIU Science and Tech Community Lecture Series - come see VIU instructors and researchers discuss their work!

Fisheries & Aquaculture in the News

Creating the World's Best Oyster: Dr. Timothy Green speaks about his work at Deep Bay Marine Field Station.

Growing Knowledge in VIU's Aquaponics Greenhouse.

VIU partners with brewery to raise awareness of climate change research.

Detecting and Managing Bacterial Infections in Salmon - Dr. Spencer Russell is working to understand and manage bacterial infections in salmon with the help of NSERC and Mitacs grants.

Recent Events

Fisheries Feast 2023

Centre for Seafood Innovation Urchin Tank Event: A "Dragon's Den" style even where student teams promote their fermented seaweed products to industry judges. 

Date: November 23, 2023

Seafood Business Accelerator: The seafood business accelerator (SBA) is a newly launched BC-based program to help local small-scale fishers and farmers develop more sustainable, profitable seafood businesses.