Workshops and Reports
In collaboration with the Freshwater Institute and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Tides Canada also supports a series of aquaculture innovation workshops.
Aquaculture Innovation Workshop No. 2
Campbell River, BC
September 26 and 27, 2011
Program and Attendees List
Presentations
- Recent Research on the Effects of NO3-N, CO2, O2 x Swimming Speed, and Strain x Photoperiod on Salmonid Performance, Health, and Welfare
By Christopher Good, TCFFI, Aquaculture Veterinary Researcher - Research on Atlantic Salmon Welfare and Performance in RAS at Nofima Centre for Recirculation in Aquaculture
By Jelena Kolarevic, NOFIMA MARINE, Researcher - Salmon Aquaculture GHG Emissions – A Preliminary Comparison of Land-Based Closed Containment and Open Ocean Net-Pen Aquaculture
By Andrew Wright, SOS Solutions Advisory Committee, Technology Advisor - Advances in Feed Formulations and Feed Specifics for Closed Containment Systems
By Brad Hicks, Taplow Feeds, Executive Vice President; and Gavin Shaw, Skretting North America Product Manager - Status of Floating Closed-Containment Systems
By Sean Wilton, Agrimarine Holdings - ‘Namgis First Nation – Land Based Salmon Recirculating Aquaculture System Project
By Garry Ullstrom, Namgis First Nation; KC Hosler, PR Aqua; and Steven Summerfelt, Technical Advisory Committee, Tides Canada Salmon Aquaculture Innovation Fund - Marine Harvest Canada – Land-based Atlantic Salmon Grow-out Employing Recirculating Aquaculture System
By Clare Backman, Marine Harvest Canada; David Jackson, WorleyParsons Canada; and Linda Coady, Chair, Tides Canada Project Review Board - Aquaseed’s Sweetspring Salmon
By Per Heggelund, Aquaseed Sweetspring Salmon - Atlantic Sapphire – 1000 ton Salmon production in Denmark – Langsand Laks
By Thue Holm, CEO Atlantic Sapphire - From the Vision to the Market: The Target Marine Story of White Sturgeon and Sunshine Coast Caviar
By Justin Henry, Target Marine Hatcheries, General Manager - Progress Update on Two Atlantic Salmon Growout Trials in Freshwater Closed- Containment Systems at the Freshwater Institute (Granny Painter Room)
By Steven Summerfelt and Thomas Waldrop, TCFFI - Presentation on behalf of AquaOptima: Design and Economics of a RAS Farm for Atlantic Salmon in China
By Steven Summerfelt, TCFFI - University of British Columbia’s InSEAS Research Facility
By Colin Brauner, University of British Columbia, Department of Zoology - Trends in Retailing from a Supplier Perspective: Increasing Demand, Retailer Requests, and Consumer Trend
By Guy Dean, Albion Fisheries Ltd. - The Sustainable Seafood Policy Era: Understanding the North American Major Buyers’ Sustainability Commitments, Shifting Needs and Seafood Buying Policies
By Kelly Roebuck, Living Ocean’s Society, Sustainable Seafoods Campaign Manager - The History of Salmon Aquaculture
By Brad Hicks, Taplow Feeds, Executive Vice President - The Canadian Model Farm Initiative
By Daniel Stechey, Canadian Aquaculture Systems - Department of Fisheries and Oceans National Strategic Planning Initiative Update on Emerging Technologies & the New Federal Regulatory Regime for Aquaculture in the Pacific Region
By Alistair Struthers, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Aquaculture Management Directorate, Sector Strategies Team Leader - Update on Emerging Marine Aquaculture Technologies in the US and the new NOAA Aquaculture Policy
By John Colt, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Research Biologist
Aquaculture Innovation Workshop No. 1
Shepherdstown, WV
January 2011
Summary Notes, Program, and Attendees List
Presentations
- Biotechnology: Extending the Green Revolution
By Elliot Entis - Innovation and Emerging Technologies
By Michael Rubino - Innovation and Emerging Technologies: A Major Pillar of the New National Aquaculture Strategic Action Plan Initiative in Canada
By Eric Gilbert - Aquaculture Production Systems – Advances in Water, Genetics, Health, and Nutrition
By Jeff Silverstein - Advances in Closed-Containment Systems for Salmonids
By Steven Summerfelt - Fish Health and Welfare in Closed-Containment Systems
By Christopher Good - Atlantic Salmon Breeding Program and Research on Harvest Quality
By William Wolters - Sustainable Feed
By Frederic Barrows - Status, Challenges, and Opportunities of Floating Closed-Containment Systems
By Sean Wilton - Aquaculture Innovation – A Producer’s Perspective
By Per Heggelund



