STEWARDED WATERS
Open-pond aquaculture fed from local water sources, designed for ecosystem stewardship.
A father-and-son operation expanding a generations-old Bait Harvest Area on Robinson-Superior treaty territory into a flow-through aquaculture business.
Open-pond aquaculture fed from local water sources, designed for ecosystem stewardship.
A Red Sky Métis Independent Nation citizen-led operation on Robinson-Superior treaty territory.
A father-and-son operation working land that's been in the family for generations.
Headquartered in the boreal — close to the lakes that supply the fish and the families who buy them.
OUR LAND
Our operation sits on a designated Bait Harvest Area in northwestern Ontario, held and operated under a Commercial Bait Harvester License for years. The boreal — quiet, cold-water lakes and shorelines — has supplied minnows, shiners, and leeches to Ontario anglers for generations.
This land is part of Robinson-Superior 1850 treaty territory. Boreal Aquaculture operates here with that history in mind — building a modern aquaculture footprint on top of a small, working harvest that's already been part of this landscape for a long time.
WHAT WE DO
An existing commercial bait harvest under a long-held BHA license. Seasonal minnows, leeches, and other bait species, sustainably collected from designated waters.
Planned expansion to land-based, flow-through pond systems for raising bait fish at scale alongside the wild harvest. Permitting is in active discussion with provincial regulators.
Wholesale to Ontario bait dealers, fishing camps, and outfitters. Long-term: explore food-fish distribution on the same operation footprint.
PARTNERSHIPS
Boreal Aquaculture is building this operation in partnership with the Indigenous communities of Robinson-Superior treaty territory. We welcome Indigenous community partners to participate as equity stakeholders, governance partners, and joint applicants on Indigenous-led aquaculture funding.
If you represent a community organization, government body, or potential co-applicant interested in Métis-led food and resource development in northwestern Ontario, we'd like to talk.
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