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Can you solve this Puzzle? I have one, you have one.

If you remove the first letter, a bit remains. If you remove the second, bit still remains.

After much trying, you might be able to remove the third one also, but it remains. It dies hard!

Answer on Page 3

Wharfside In This IssueStrategic Plan Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Don Orton Returns from Scotland . . . . . . . . 2

Quatse River Salmon Stewardship Centre Unveiled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

2nd Wave of Volunteers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

New Dock for PHPP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Tombstone Feast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Marine Harvest are PAA Golf Champions Once Again! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

VIU stops by Cyrus Rocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Introducing Hayden Haslam . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

MH “Tops” in Campbell River . . . . . . . . . . 4

Fish Health & Food Safety Dept . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Shoreline Cleanup by MHC Volunteers a Success . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

BC Based Study Highlights Benefits of Alternative Fish Diets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Energy in Motion: Driving to be the Best . . 5

MH Vision, Mission, Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

October 2009

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I last updated you on our strategic planning process back in January. Since that time, our Management Team has continued to revise the Plan, including providing our Corporate office in Norway with our strategic goals through

to 2014 for their review and approval. We have also reviewed and further developed the foundational elements of our strategic plan, in particular our vision, mission and values, to ensure they are aligned with the Marine Harvest 4 P’s (Planet, People, Product, Profit) and truly capture our ambitions and principles.

To this end, we’ve adopted a simpler and more expressive Vision Statement, confirmed our Mission Statement and developed a set of Values by which we will operate our business here in Canada. These can be found on the back page of this edition of Wharfside. Our Senior Managers will be rolling these out to all MHC locations over the coming months. Your questions and feedback through this roll-out process are welcomed.

Our key strategic goals have changed very little since January and we will continue to focus our efforts on: • improving our biological performance in freshwater and saltwater farming through capital investment in equipment and “law of the farm” production practices • improving the quality of our product through better farming and harvesting practices, new processing plant machinery, and diligent attention to food safety

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• gaining efficiencies and lowering costs in all areas of our business by making best use of our resources and spending wisely • growing the productive capacity of our business by securing new licenses and/or amendments to existing licenses • developing mutually beneficial relationships with communities through ongoing dialogue and long term operating agreements • enhancing our relationships with our key customers to ensure we are meeting their needs and to secure their business for the long term • investing in our people through improved training and development • improving our workplace safety with the goal to reach zero lost time incidents.

I am confident that the changes we have made through the course of the past number of months to improve our farming, harvesting and processing practices will begin to pay dividends as we move into subsequent crops of fish. As our production cycle is three years in duration, even significant changes can take some time to show their effect.

We are entering the last quarter of 2009 and the strong market prices we have seen since the spring are expected to continue for the remainder of the year. However, we are over budget year-to-date on our marginal costs, due primarily to lower seawater growth/production volume compared to budget. We must continue to drive for good results in all areas of our business during these last few months of 2009 in order to meet our targets for the year. Thank you for your continued great efforts.

By Vincent ErenstManaging Director

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Don Orton Returns from Scotland with Great MemoriesDon Orton, Assistant Site Manager at Marine Harvest Canada, has just returned from an exciting employee exchange trip. Here’s his notes;

My two month stay in Scotland is an experience that I will never forget. It was full of great scenery, wonderful people, beautiful historical sites and a journey that had me lost in the woods. Oh and I can’t forget about the work.

Back in July, I was given the opportunity to go to Scotland on exchange with a Scottish fellow coming to Canada. I was to work at his site Kingarloch and he was to come here and work in the Campbell River north area. The guys at the site were great to work with and patient when it came to showing me what they do and how they do it. The main jobs that kept me busy were fish swims (moving fish from one net into another) which took most of the time and were needed to keep the nets clean, as well as the usual daily tasks and farm maintenance. The one thing that

I will take from the job is that no matter where you are in the world, fish farmers are the same, hard working people who are fun to be around.

Scotland is a wonderful place even though it rained 75% of the time that I was there. When the sun was out, you could see the rolling mountains, fields that were full of life and water that cuts through the land leaving beautiful rivers and waterfalls behind. I would take advantage of the sun by going for hikes and riding the bike that Paddy (a co-worker) lent me. On one such day I was riding my bike on one of the local trails when I took a left when I should have went right and I found myself five miles into my ride lost and with a flat tire. Luckily, a man who was out for a ride in his car gave me a ride out of the woods.

I was also fortunate to have my girlfriend Tiffany visit. Together, we visited many castles and cities, went to a football match to cheer the Glasgow Rangers and spent some time in London doing the usual site seeing. We also visited the Isle of Skye where we hiked to see one of the nicest waterfalls in all of the

UK up the Glen Nevis mountain just outside of Fort William.

I would like to thank the great staff in Scotland for making my stay a great one and to Darren Ingersoll, Ken Crewe and Andre Marthinsen for making the exchange possible. Oh, and I have never seen so many sheep in my life!

Quatse River Salmon Stewardship Centre UnveiledThe Quatse River hatchery near Port Hardy has been in operation for 20 years. Over this time dozens of volunteers have committed their time and energy to raise pink, chum and coho salmon. Using simple sheds and fish rearing equipment more than 50 million salmon have been released over this time. On September 18th a completely rebuilt Quatse River Salmon Stewardship Center was revealed by North Vancouver Island Salmonid Enhancement Association (NIVSEA) Chair Grant Anderson. With MP John Duncan doing the official honors, the center was opened to the public. Besides extensive new incubation and rearing containers, the newly constructed facility includes a large classroom and a spectacular interpretive center with interesting,

self guided, interactive exhibits to engage all visitors. Marine Harvest (coordinated through MHC Logistic Coordinator Roger King) donated the transportation costs for the main attraction at the centre which was shipped from California – a large, donut shaped fish tank.

In addition, Marine Harvest was pleased to donate ten, four metre circular rearing tanks to the reconstruction of the Quatse. These tanks significantly increase the capability of the hatchery and they were put to good use rearing male and female pink and chum salmon from the different rivers that are assisted through the center and the work of the NVISEA volunteers. Submitted by Clare Backman

Don Orton (on the right), hanging out

with his coworkers in Scotland.

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The second wave of Goldstream Salmon Enhancement (Howard English Hatchery) volunteers toured Marine Harvest operation in September. Their hatchery had recently received a full room of egg incubators courtesy of MHC. They were blessed by good weather and treated to a rare “full tour” of hatchery, farm and processing plant. Their tour included a stop at Sayward North Hatchery to speak with Manager Craig Schelter (pictured here), then off to Hardwicke farm site to meet with Manager Kim Arbeau and staff and then were hosted by Dave Stover at Brown’s Bay Packing Company. They were very thankful for the time that MHC staff had spent with them and were very pleased to “get the information not often printed in papers”.

2nd Wave of Volunteers

The Port Hardy Processing Plant has recently finished installation of a new dock where product is unloaded. Photo courtesy of Neil Stewart

1st year Fisheries and Aquaculture students from Vancouver Island University stopped by Cyrus Rocks last month to learn about salmon aquaculture. The fellow in the centre of the back row is Warren Tuck, Assistant Manager at Cyrus Rocks.

Introducing Future Farmer Hayden Haslam in his MHC

“Little Fry” overalls

Proud son to Laura and Andy Haslam (Klemtu site manager)

A traditional Tombstone Feast was recently held in memory of Stewart Edward Wallis. It has been two years since Stewart’s sudden passing on September 12th, 2007. Hundreds of family, friends and Marine Harvest co-workers joined together in Klemtu to celebrate Stewart’s spirit in the Big House. A scholarship in Stewart’s name has been established through funds donated by friends, family and Marine Harvest. Scholarship information can be found at www.marineharvestcanada.com

Marine Harvest are PAA Golf Champions once again! On Sept. 12, Positive Aquaculture Awareness held its 9th Annual Golf Tournament at Glacier Greens Golf course in Comox with 23 teams from all over the industry participating. Mother Nature co-operated and provided us with a beautiful late summer day. Marine Harvest was well represented with 5 teams of employees and another 3 mixed teams of employees and suppliers. And after 3 years of disappointing losses to Mainstream & Walcan, Marine Harvest #2 (Fabian McCarty, Tom Conlon, Joel McGee & Ken Crewe) (pictured) were the overall winners of the tournament with a score of -11. But they did require tie-breaking put-off to clinch the win with Joel “I am not going to choke” McGee stepping up and doing the honours for the team. Marine Harvest #8 (Tim O’Hara, Keith Bullough, Diane MacLeod & Chris Beattie of Skretting) were the best mixed team, Debbie Miller won a brand new club with the Women’s Longest drive and John Robichaud won a Wii console from the Grand Prize draw after dinner. Everyone one came away with prizes, a full stomach and maybe even a hangover depending on which team they were on. Thanks to all the golfers, organizers and sponsors for another great event.

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Marine Harvest “Tops” in Campbell RiverPaws for a Cause Campbell River raised over $30,000 for the SPCA in Campbell River. Our team was well represented and raised $5370.36 for the animals to take top place team in Campbell River. We were $19.26 behind third place in the province. Thanks to everyone who participated and helped in any way to make the Marine Harvest Mutts “tops” in Campbell River. Submitted by Leone Bliss

Fish Health and Food Safety DepartmentRecently there have been some changes in the Fish Health Department. In January 2009, Meghan Mills and Cilka LaTrace started the planning and construction of a Level 2 Biosafety room where we will perform hygiene testing for Port Hardy, Klemtu and other third party processing plants that we use. By June 2009, Meghan had the room up and running with samples arriving from the various plants 5 days a week. This was a tremendous effort, by Meghan and Cilka, with great results!

In September 09, Jean Veale joined the Fish Health Department. Jean’s duties will remain the same with main focus on ensuring our product is safe and meets all regulatory requirements.

As a result of the above, the name of the Fish Health Department has changed. We are now known as the Fish Health and Food Safety Department. We feel the two areas (Fish Health and Food Safety) are well aligned in that both are essential components in ensuring that our product is healthy and safe for consumers. Submitted by Diane Morrison

Shoreline Cleanup by MHC Volunteers a Success!A huge thank you the volunteers who came out on Saturday, September 19th to help do their part in the Annual Shoreline Cleanup. Marine Harvest Staff and families cleaned up over 900kg of garbage from the area of Engles Road to Ken Forde Boat Launch; and it only took us 2 hours (many hands make light work!). We ended the day with a quick hotdog BBQ at Ken Forde Park before the rain came. Here’s the list of people that I’d like to thank and their families (hope I didn’t miss anyone): Leone Bliss, Marc Johnson, Mike O’Keeffe, Ryan Gregoire, Lee Nanson, Pam McDermott, Ken Bryla, Terry Smith, James Rogers, Danny McGee, Joel McGee, Andrew Larson, Shannon Prevost, Derek Nickel, Owen Green, Tom Conlon, Denise Hayward, Bente Bunting, Josee Migneault, Brad Boyce, & Gaston Ouellet.

Marine Harvest has a number of staff who care about our community and love to get involved to make the North Island a great place to live and work. Thanks again for all the people who get involved and their families. If you have a volunteer idea and would like to get a group of people to help out please let your Employee Council Representative know and we will do our best to support (Employee Council: Leone Bliss, Suzi Dyson, Roger MacKenzie, Tina McMurdo, Don Orton, Jacques Gaudet, Cecila Plecas, Brad Hallam, Daryl Misky, Cathy Emms-PHPP) Submitted by Suzi Dyson, HR Advisor

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BC Based Study Highlights Benefits of Alternative Fish DietsBy Gina Forsyth

Feeding fish diets that partially replace fishmeal and fish oil with plant and/or animal sources can mean both lower levels of organic pollutants in the fish and lower production costs.

This was the hypothesis Dr. Erin Friesen, Product Manager at Skretting North America, decided to pursue when she started her PhD research in Food Science in 2003 at UBC.

In order to meet consumer demands for fish products, the aquaculture industry is growing at a rate of approximately eight percent per year. This in combination with a worldwide commercial fishery that isn’t seeing growth in the amount of fish it catches, suggests that the worldwide demand for fish oil will soon exceed supply, said Erin.

This is why finding suitable alternative feed ingredients of plant and/or animal origin has become imperative, she added.

Farmed fish have often come under attack for containing higher levels of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) such as polychlorinated biphenyls, dioxins, furans and flame-retardants. The major sources of theses POPs in farmed fish are the fish oil and to a lesser extent, fish meal, in the feed. As a result, the use of plant and/or animal ingredients has the potential to lower levels of POPs found in fish flesh in addition to lowering production costs.

Erin’s research co-authored with researchers at the Department of Fisheries and Oceans included both tank feeding trials with Atlantic salmon and sablefish and an on-farm field study in 2005 with commercial farmed salmon. She examined the effects of partially replacing marine fish oil in aquaculture feeds with economical and abundant oils from land-based sources such as flax oil and canola oil. In the laboratory feeding trials, decreases in contaminants were found to be directly related to how much marine fish oil was replaced with alternative oil sources.

By Gina Forsyth

In only a few weeks, Josee Migneault, the Health, Safety and Environmental Systems Manager, will celebrate fifteen years in our industry. It’s clear she is where she wants and needs to be.

Her area of responsibility is ensuring compliance with health, safety and environmental regulations company-wide, including at the Port Hardy Processing

Plant and with MHC’s main contractors. Her main goal and passion, however is to keep all employees free of injuries.

“Born and raised on the ocean” in Sept-Iles, Quebec, Josee remains strongly connected to her parents. “We talk every day,” she said, adding that’s important to maintain a family connection and to “help them (her parents) realize they still matter to me.”

Josee’s path to the industry was, in her words, “one of karma”. After joining the military in 1979, she was transferred to Comox two years later. One day she read her horoscope that said she’d become a “fish keeper”. Josee mentioned this to Diana Pickwick, current manager at Pott’s Bay. Josee spent a weekend at Sargeaunt’s Pass, where Diana was working at the time

Energy in Motion: Driving to be the Bestfor Stolt Sea Farm. Consequently, Josee “fell in love” with the work and the industry.

“I had to be here,” she said.

Upon returning to dry land, Josee handed in her resignation at Realty World, presented a resume to Stolt, and received a phone call two weeks later. She began as a fish tech, later became an Assistant Manager, and moved into compliance in 1998, an area that energizes her and “makes me want to be here every day.”

Away from work, Josee has a passion for riding her motor bike and wood working. Her current project is a four foot humpback whale that will welcome visitors to her home in Fanny Bay. Her home is in a perfect location to indulge in the kayaking she loves so much because it connects her to nature.

For the farm site feeding trial, fish were collected from various BC farms in both 2003 and 2005. In 2003 farms were using higher levels of fishmeal and fish oil in their diets and in 2005 the diets were

more highly replaced with alternative sources of protein and fat.

“The more knowledge (we) have on replacements, the better,” Erin stated.

The findings from this study showed that with more replaced diets, the contaminant levels in farmed Atlantic salmon were similar or lower than wild Pacific salmon but at the same time had higher flesh levels of Omega-3 fatty acids than wild salmon. Consumption of both farmed Atlantic salmon or wild Pacific salmon can meet recommended weekly Omega-3 nutritional requirements.

Although Omega-3s are needed by the body for optimal memory and performance, our bodies can’t produce them naturally. So that means we must regularly eat foods that contain them. This is where fish comes in, with its significant levels of this necessary healthy fat.

Erin’s research findings have been published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology.

“contaminant levels in farmed Atlantic salmon were similar or lower than wild Pacific salmon”

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Excellence in Salmon.VisionMission Marine Harvest Canada grows salmon for the most demanding

North American consumers through the dedication of our people and responsible farming practices.

Values• We are accountable for our actions, decisions and their impact. • We care for the Company’s assets as if they are our own. • We proactively seek out business growth opportunities. • We meet our challenges and take decisive action as required.• We are all part of the bottom line.

Ownership

• We make safety everyone’s responsibility.• We collaboratively pursue our goals and share in their achievement. • We act with integrity and have a mutual respect for one another. • We seek to understand others and ask for help when required.

Teamwork

• We strive for excellence in all that we do.• We have a clear understanding of our goals and a plan to achieve them. • We challenge conventions and learn from our errors. • We innovate and share best practices.

Excellence

• We are as open about our successes as our failures; bad news travels as fast as good news.• We operate responsibly within all laws, regulations and corporate policies.• We engage our stakeholders and build relationships for mutual success. • We are responsive to the communities we work with and in.

Transparency