APHETI was founded in 1996 in response to proposed aquaculture of a non-native species of mussel, Mytilus galloprovincialis.  As our level of knowledge about invasive, non-native species has grown, so has our desire to keep ecological balance in our inlets.  Our goals are to :

Defeat the proposal of Taylor Resources Inc., to establish an additional 16 acres of mussel rafts;

Monitor the effects of intensive aquaculture operations;

Report the presence of invasive non-native species; and

Educate the public on what we find.