Broughton First Nation secures MH deal
A First Nation in northeast Vancouver is using a new vessel to assist Marine Harvest Canada in the Broughton region.
The Bear 1 was purchased by the Sewid family to drive a barge and crane to sites that need help with maintenance.
It has been operating for four months under a long standing business agreement between Qwe’Qwa’Sot’Em Faith Aquaculture and Marine Harvest.
Skipper Rick Sewid and deckhand Dwaine Creelman were at the Wicklow farm last week lifting a generator from a feed shed.
Rick said the boat was new enough not to have its name painted on the bow, but it was already becoming well known and welcomed at MHC farms.
Marine Harvest Canada has had a contractual agreement with Qwe’ Qwa’ Sot’ Em Faith Aquaculture Ltd for several years, with the First Nation-owned and operated company providing important freight delivery, maintenance and other services to MHC’s farms in the northeast region of Vancouver Island.
