Springhills Fish expands to Manitoulin Island

Psst.. we’re EXPANDING!

We are excited to announce a new addition to the Springhills family!

We just finalized a new partnership with Sheshegwaning First Nation for a new fish farm on Manitoulin Island.

This farm was started five years ago, but only ever operated as a small pilot site. We’ve been helping the previous owners for the last two years by sharing our fish farm experience, and then an opportunity came up to get involved oFISHally.

We couldn’t be more delighted to be in business with our friends at Sheshegwaning. It’s been fin-tastic getting to know the community and we’ve been so impressed by their council, led by Chief Alana Endanawas, because of how progressive and community-oriented they are. We share the same values for family, community, the environment, and making the future better.

Our new partners at Sheshegwaning have such a strong passion for their youth, and for protecting the lands and waters in their traditional territory (which might we add, are incredibly beautiful!). Plus driving the streets around Sheshegwaning has all the same waves and catch-up chats as our hometown!

Ever since we started Springhills, we’ve had trouble meeting the high demands for ethically and sustainably raised fish. We’ve waved goodbye to too many major customers when we can’t fulfill orders that keep getting bigger.

This new partnership opens up opportunities to grow more rainbow trout than ever before. And we get to raise it to the same ethical and eco-friendly standard you expect from us at Springhills!

How is this farm different from our others?

We’ll be using offshore technology to grow fish in floating nets in the lake. We’ll be raising trout / steelhead using the same low densities, sustainable diets, humane harvesting and other ethical practices as we’ve always been using. And it’s all eco-certified by Best Aquaculture Practices!

In some areas of the world, these farms have negative impacts on the environment. Where we’re farming, the science has only ever been positive. These farms are shown to increase wild fish populations, and they don’t cause any bad environmental effects (or we wouldn’t even consider it). More on how farms like these regenerate the lake.

If you’re ever on Manitoulin Island and fancy a drive to the northwest end of the island, stop in and say hi!