Fisheries and Aquaculture Studies and Reports

• Geoduck Aquaculture: Estimated Costs and Returns for
  Sub-tidal Culture in B.C. 
  An assessment of the estimated costs and returns for sub-tidal geoduck farming in B.C. has been prepared to provide background information on this new investment area in shellfish culture.

• An Analysis of the Requirements, Current Conditions and Opportunities for Traceability in the British Columbia Seafood Sector.  (June 2005)

• Canadian Aquaculture R&D Review
  Presented by Canadian agencies and organizations currently undertaking aquaculture research in Canada.

• Auditor General Report - Salmon Forever: An Assessment of the Provincial Role in Sustaining Wild Salmon  (October 2004)

• McRae Pearse Report - Treaties and Transition: Towards a Sustainable Fishery on Canada’s Pacific Coast   (April 2004)
   
• SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities & Threats) Assessment of the BC Seafood Sector and Tidal Water Recreational Fishing - March 2004
   
• Shellfish Aquaculture Publication List

•  Native Participation in British Columbia Commercial Fisheries - 2003 (243kb)
   
• A Competitiveness Survey of the British Columbia Salmon Farming Industry  (1.1mb)
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• Making Sense of the Salmon Aquaculture Debate
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• Salmon Aquaculture Review Report
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  • Salmon Aquaculture Review - Report of the Environmental Assessment Office Volume 1
  • Salmon Aquaculture Review Report - First Nations Perspectives Volume 2
  • Salmon Aquaculture Review Report- Technical Advisory Team Discussion Papers Volume 3
  • Salmon Aquaculture Review Report- Socio-Economic Impacts and Related Technical Papers Volume 4
  • Salmon Aquaculture Review Report- Bibliographic Listings Volume 5
     
• Update on Salmon Aquaculture Review (SAR) Recommendations - March 2006
   
• B.C.’s Annual Inspection Reports on Marine Finfish Aquaculture Sites - August 2004 report shows improved overall compliance with regulations for 2003.
   
• Net-pen Salmon Farming Industry in the Pacific Northwest
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• Technical Review of the Minimum Net Strength Standards
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• 2002 US aquaculture forecast   
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• Aquaculture in Canada's Atlantic and Pacific Regions
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• Studies of early marine survival of Pacific Salmon and sea lice occurrence in Queen Charlotte Strait in 2001
   
• The Effects of Salmon Farming in British Columbia on the Management of Wild Salmon Stocks
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• Report from the Leggatt Inquiry into Salmon Farming in British Columbia sponsored by the David Suzuki Foundation
   
• Summary Report of Contaminant Results in Fish Feed, Fish Meal and Fish Oil
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• On the Risk of Colonization by Atlantic Salmon in BC Waters
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• Results from the 2001 First Nations Atlantic Salmon Watch Program
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• U.S. Department of Commerce - Vision for U.S. Aquaculture
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• U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Aquaculture Information Center
  provides links and information.
   
• Aquaculture and salmon sea ranching in Alaska
   
• US. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration policy on aquaculture (1998)
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• Various marine plant aquaculture reports.

• Various marine plant commercial harvest,  management and inventory reports.

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Updated:  12 June 2006