Aquaculture Canada 2008 Proceedings of Contributed Papers

AAC Special Publication No. 14

Proceedings of the Contributed Papers of the 25th Annual Meeting of the
Aquaculture Association of Canada, Saint John, New Brunswick, May 10-14, 2008.
C.I. Hendry, editor
ISBN 978-0-9780943-4-8
© 2009 Aquaculture Association of Canada
Printed by Taylor Printing Group Inc., Fredericton, NB
Front Cover; logo desigen by James Lewis

 
Table of Contents
 
President’s Report ...............................................................................................................................................................5
Alistair Struthers, AAC President 2007-2008
Aquaculture CanadaOM 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award........................................................................................6
AC08 Sponsors and Contributors......................................................................................................................................8
AAC 2007-2008 Board of Directors..................................................................................................................................10
 
Contributed Papers
 
Egg Abnormality and Embryonic Development in Atlantic Cod, Gadus morhuaL..................................................11
TS Avery, SS Killen, and TR Hollinger
 
Atlantic Canada Aquaculture Industry Research and Development Network – Driving Research.....................14
Atlantic Canada Aquaculture Industry Research and Development Network (ACAIRDN)
 
Little Bugs with Smaller Bugs: Preliminary Studies on the Role of Sea Lice as a Vector of
Bacterial Pathogens...........................................................................................................................................................20
DE Barker, LM Braden, MP Coombs, and B Boyce
 
Characterization of the Spatial Pattern of Benthic Sulfide Levels at Salmon Farms in
Southwestern New Brunswick, Bay of Fundy ................................................................................................................24
BD Chang, FH Page, RJ Losier, EP McCurdy, and KG MacKeigan
 
Anaerobic Digestion of Aquaculture Waste...................................................................................................................30
S Fraser, MF Couturier, J Conroy, KS Singh, and A Desbarats
 
Phosphorus Leaching During the Hydrolysis of Fish Waste Solids........................................................................33
J Conroy and MF Couturier
 
Preservation of Lipid Content in Microalgae Concentrates from Ultrafiltration Process......................................36
D Diouf, R Tremblay, R Fournier, and F Pernet
 
Challenges to Applying Eco-based Research – Analysis of a Two-Year Research Program in the
Broughton Archipelago, British Columbia.....................................................................................................................39
J O’Riordan
 
The Assessment of Impacts on the Benthic Environment from Suspended Oyster
Aquaculture in Baynes Sound, British Columbia, Canada........................................................................................42
WA Heath, S Carroll, R Devos, and B Provan
 
How Does the Spotted Wolffish (Anarhichas minor) Adjust to Constant and Fluctuating
Oxygen Concentrations?...................................................................................................................................................46
F Larouche, NR Le François, SG Lamarre, and D Chabot
 
Canadian Trout Industry: Competitive Advantage and Strategic Options................................................................49
R Nabi
 
Effects of Poultry Oil as a Replacement to Fish Oil in Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) Diets...............................52
D Deslauriers and K Rideout

Modelling the Transport and Deposition of Particulate Effluent from Fish Farms in
Southwestern New Brunswick, Bay of Fundy................................................................................................................55
FH Page, RJ Losier, BD Chang, and EP McCurdy
 
Building a Collaborative Research Program................................................................................................................60
P Parker
 
Virulence of Infectious Salmon Anaemia Virus (ISAV) Isolates in Atlantic Salmon
(Salmo salar L.) in the Bay of Fundy:AReview ............................................................................................................. 63
RJ Ritchie and N Gagné
 
Protein Hydrolysates and Trypsin Inhibitor Enhanced Digestive Capacities, Growth and
Survival of Newly Hatched Spotted Wolfish.................................................................................................................. 67
A Savoie, NR Le François, SG Lamarre, PU Blier, L Beaulieu, and C Cahu
 
Effect of Rearing Density on Growth and Plasma Ion Levels of Juvenile Spotted Wolffish
(Anarhichas minor): Preliminary Results .....................................................................................................................70
S Tremblay-Bourgeois, NR Le François, RL Roy, TJ Benfey, and AK Imsland
 
Aquaculture Collaborative Research and Development Program (ACRDP): History and
Future Initiatives.................................................................................................................................................................73
CL Whelan and GJ Parsons
 
Aqua-L.................................................................................................................................................................................75
 
AC08 Committees............................................................................................................................................................76

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