{"id":21471,"date":"2019-05-21T08:03:12","date_gmt":"2019-05-21T12:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=21471"},"modified":"2019-05-21T05:18:48","modified_gmt":"2019-05-21T09:18:48","slug":"statement-by-mpp-michael-mantha-on-ontario-investment-in-manitoulin-aquaculture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2019\/05\/21\/statement-by-mpp-michael-mantha-on-ontario-investment-in-manitoulin-aquaculture\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement by MPP Michael Mantha on Ontario investment in Manitoulin Aquaculture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Mantha, MPP for Algoma-Manitoulin, is pleased to congratulate three Algoma-Manitoulin aquaculture businesses on receiving a recently announced financial investment from the Province of Ontario. Yesterday the Ontario Government announced that it is making significant investments in <strong><em>John O Foods<\/em><\/strong> of Sheshegwaning First Nation, <strong><em>Meeker Management Services<\/em><\/strong> of Evansville and <strong><em>Caselton Aquaculture<\/em><\/strong> of Manitowaning<em>. <\/em>All three companies operate aquaculture businesses on Manitoulin Island.<\/p>\n<p>Aquaculture, also known as fish farming, is a rising industry with incredible potential for growth and expansion. \u201cIt\u2019s wonderful to know that Algoma-Manitoulin is home to some of North Americas top shelf aquaculture companies,\u201d said MPP Michael Mantha. \u201cAs the world struggles to tackle a toxic brew of challenges including growing world populations, hunger and malnutrition, global warming and urban sprawl which swallows up arable farm land, aquaculture is playing increasingly important role in providing a nutritious source of needed protein.\u201d Reports indicate that currently aquaculture accounts for over 50 percent of the world market for fish.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI welcome these substantial investments supporting the aquaculture industry here in Northern Ontario,\u201d said Mantha.\u00a0\u201cBesides being an important food source, aquaculture is a fast-growing industry that will bring good jobs and economic benefits to Manitoulin Island.\u00a0 As well, these businesses have been recognized for cutting-edge innovation and industry development. On many occasions, I have raised in the Legislature the incredible opportunities aquaculture is bringing, not only to our region, but also to our entire province.\u00a0 I welcome the $1.2 million investment made by the Ontario government in the aquaculture industry and congratulate <em>John O Foods, Meeker Management Services<\/em> and <em>Caselton Aquaculture.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Mantha, MPP for Algoma-Manitoulin, is pleased to congratulate three Algoma-Manitoulin aquaculture businesses on receiving a recently announced financial investment from the Province of Ontario. Yesterday the Ontario Government announced that it is making significant investments in John O Foods of Sheshegwaning First Nation, Meeker Management Services of Evansville and Caselton Aquaculture of Manitowaning. All &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-26 08:55:26","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21471"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21472,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21471\/revisions\/21472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}