Turning pits into profits:A Canadian fish farm's journey to convert idle peat ponds into a viable bass-rearing enterprise

摘要

With its frigid winters and abundant cold lakes and streams Canada's finfish industry is dominated by the culture of trout and salmon. However, in the heart of central Ontario lies the small town of Zephyr, where a small company isrearing non-traditional species in a non-traditional way.Zephyr Peat Land Harvesting sells soil products specializing in peat and peat blends. Peat is harvested by excavating the surface peat deposits from old marshlands. These excavations create pits that, because of the excessive ground water, turn into ponds.