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Aquaculture - Reports/Articles


The following section contains reports and articles pertaining to Aquaculture and the role of the department.

June 2002 -- Market Assessment of the Live Marine Fish Industry with a Focus on British Columbia, Canada, prepared for the Live Marine Fish Research Society (LMFRS) headquartered in British Columbia, Canada. The publication is available at no charge to members of the LMFRS. It is available for purchase either electronically or on disk for CDN$ 25.  To order a copy, send your request to: LMFRS@ieccorporate.com, or contact:

LIVE MARINE FISH RESEARCH SOCIETY (LMFRS)
c/o 4829 Maplegrove Street, Victoria, BC,
CANADA V8Y 3B9
Phone: (250) 658-0179
Fax: (250) 658-4709

June 2002 -- Economic Potential of Sea Ranching and Enhancement of Selected Shellfish Species in Canada Download Free Acrobat Reader..  Prepared for the Office of the Commissioner for Aquaculture Development  

June 2002 -- Aquaculture in Canada's Atlantic and Pacific Regions: The Standing Senate Committee on Fisheries Interim Report.  Chair: The Honourable Gerald J. Comeau; Deputy Chair: The Honourable Joan Cook.  

May 2002 - Noakes, Beamish and Kent win R. E. Foerster Award for 2000 - The recipients of the 2000 R. E. Foerster Award are D.J. Noakes, R.J. Beamish, and M.L. Kent for their paper:  Noakes, D.J., Beamish, R.J., and Kent, M.L. 2000. On the decline of Pacific salmon and speculative links to salmon farming in British Columbia. Aquaculture 183: 363-386. This award is given annually for the best fisheries science paper published by Pacific Region Science staff, Fisheries and Oceans Canada. The 2000 award committee chaired by Dr. Z. (Bob) Kabata included Drs. Jake Rice, Jim Stewart, Neil Bourne, and Ed Donaldson. The Committee reviewed 47 papers published in 2000.  Abstract

8 May 2001 - Review of the legislation and regulations governing aquaculture in Canada.   Download Free Acrobat Reader.

March 2001 - Arctic Charr Aquaculture Review.   Download Free Acrobat Reader.  The review was completed by visiting as many Arctic charr farms as possible including operations in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Quebec and the Yukon. As well, questionnaires were given to all farmers visited and circulated to other producers not personally visited. The survey asked the producers to identify the following, each of which is covered in a separate section in the final report:  The strengths, weaknesses, opportunities & threats (S.W.O.T. Analysis) of the industry, the critical issues impeding the development of the industry, and recommendations for an action plan to advance the industry.

February 2001 - Building on the Momentum Download Free Acrobat Reader. - Midterm report of the Office of the Commissioner for Aquaculture Development. 

September 1999 - Potential Genetic Interaction between wild and farm salmon of the same species.   Download Free Acrobat Reader.

 

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