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Aquaculture Canada 2009 Proceedings of Contributed Papers
AAC Special Publication No. 15
of the Aquaculture Association of Canada, Nanaimo, British Columbia, May 10–13, 2009.
Gregor K. Reid, editor
© 2009 Aquaculture Association of Canada
Printed by Taylor Printing Group Inc. Fredricton, NB
Table of Contents
President’s Report………………………………..……………………… …………............................………....4
Aquaculture Association of Canada Board of Directors and Administrative Office…............................……7
Aquaculture CanadaOM 2009 Committees ………………………………...........................…………………...8
Aquaculture CanadaOM 2009 Partners and Contributors………………………..........................……………9
Aquaculture Association of Canada Research Award of Excellence ………………….............................…11
Proceedings of Contributed Papers Aquaculture CanadaOM 2009
Salmon Aquaculture: Prospects for Effective Science in an Environmental
Controversy ………………………………………………………………….................................…………….…...14
Stephen Bocking
Comparison of Oyster Growth (Crassostrea Virginica Gmelin) on Ropes versus
Floating Bags………………………………………………………………….................................……….……….18
Sylvio Doiron and André Mallet
Fish Welfare and the Canadian Council on Animal Care………………………...............................……….…21
Gilly Griffin and Clément Gauthier
Characterization of Dissolved Oxygen Concentrations in the Vicinity of Salmon Farms
in Southwestern New Brunswick, Bay of Fundy………………………………………....................................….25
Blythe D. Chang, Fred H. Page, Randy J. Losier, and Paul E. McCurdy
Defining an Ecosystem-Based Approach to Marine Aquaculture……................................…………………...28
Jon Chamberlain
Pre-culture Benthic Environmental Conditions at the Shellfish Aquaculture Research and Training Farm Tenure of the Centre for Shellfish Research in Deep Bay, Baynes Sound, B.C…………………………………………………………...……..………..................................................………….31
William A. Heath, Clinton T. Collins, Scott D. Pilcher and Marco Peemoeller
Spawning Capacity of Triploid Atlantic Cod Males and the Early Life History
Performance of their Offspring……………………………………………....................................………................35
Nathaniel Feindel, Tillmann J. Benfey, and Edward A.Trippel
Community Engagement: What is it and Why?........................................................................................................38
Fiona K. Cubitt
Microalgae Production Costs: A Brief Literature Review…………...................................………….…………….41
Serge Bujold, Réal Fournier, Diadié Diouf, Andréane Bastien and Julie Person
Mechanized Clam Harvesting for Coastal British Columbia – Environmental Implications……………………………………………………….....................................………………………. …...44
David Stirling and Stephen F. Cross
Early Life Stage Biology of a New Population of Green Crab Carcinus maenas in Placentia Bay: Implications for Mussel Culture in Newfoundland…………..........................................................................................................……………..48
Kiley Best, Cynthia McKenzie and Cyr Couturier
Hybrid Aquaculture Research: the Case of Dedza, Malawi ………………......................................……………...51
Jessica Anderson
Toward Consistent Good Welfare in Harvested Farmed Salmon: Field Trial of a Sotra Singelstunner™ Electric Stunner………………………………………………………….......................................................................................54
Henrik Kreiberg, Sonja Saksida, Odd Grydeland, Valerie Funk and Elan Downey
Effects of Hypoxia and Salinity on Feeding and Digestion in Decapod Crustaceans: Applications for Aquaculture……………………………………………………………….....................................................................…57
Iain J. McGaw and Daniel L. Curtis
Development of a Potential New Aquaculture Species, the Basket Cockle
(Clinocardium nuttallii)……………………………………………………………………........................................…..61
Helen Gurney-Smith, Wenshan Liu, Abayomi O. Alab, Anya Epelbaum and
Christopher M. Pearce
Freshwater Hatchery Management Practices Which Could be Incorporated to Rebuild Wild Stocks of Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)………………….................................................................................................……….65
Carol Schmitt
Does the Presence of Predators Affect Shellfish Performance? ……….....................................………………...68
Jessica Fry and Cyr Couturier
Aquaculture Association of Canada Objectives..........................................................................................................71
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