Aquaculture Canada 2010 and Cold Harvest 2010

Aquaculture CanadaOM 2010 and Cold HarvestTM 2010 – Proceedings of the Contributed Papers of the 27th Annual General Meeting of the Aquaculture Association of Canada, St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, May 16–19, 2010.
Aquaculture Association of Canada Special Publication Number 17, 2011
Tillmann J. Benfey and Gregor K. Reid, editors
ISBN 978-0-09780943-6-2
Printed by Taylor Printing Group Inc., Fredricton, NB
© 2011 Aquaculture Association of Canada
Published in Canada
Front Cover; Logo designed by James Lewis. Inside front cover photo collage design by Karl Hanke
Table of Contents
President’s Report.......................................................................................................................................................................4
Aquaculture Association of Canada Board of Directors and Administrative Office..........................................................7
Newfoundland Aquaculture Industry Association Board of Directors and Staf.................................................................8
Partners and Contributors...........................................................................................................................................................10
Aquaculture Association of Canada Lifetime Achievement Award......................................................................................11
Proceedings of Contributed Papers
Physical and biochemical properties of particles released from an onshore Atlantic cod Gadus morhua aquaculture facility in the context of integrated multi-trophic aquaculture .................................................................................................................14
A. Both, C.C. Parrish, R. Penney and R.J. Thompson
Aquaculture Collaborative Research and Development Program (ACRDP)......................................................................18
C.D. Busby, D. Méthé and G.J. Parsons
Changes in the benthic macrofaunal community associated with sediment sulfide levels under salmon farms in southwestern New Brunswick, Bay of Fundy..............................................................................................................................21
B.D. Chang, J.A. Cooper, F.H. Page, R.J. Losier, E.P. McCurdy and J.C.E. Reid
Quantitative trait loci (QTL) for body weight in Fraser strain Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) reared in fresh and brackish water...................................................................................................................................................................................................24
M.A. Chiasson, H.K. Moghadam, R.G. Danzmann, and M.M. Ferguson
From culture to conservation: a workshop to develop advanced reproductive technologies for sturgeon ...................25
M. Deschamps, G. W. Vandenberg and N. R. Le François
Production dynamics, self-thinning and profitability of blue mussel populations reared in suspension culture in Cascapédia Bay.....................................................................................................................................................................................................30
M. Fréchette, J.R. Wilson, F. Bilodeau and M. Lachance-Bernard
Organic footprint and composition of particles from marine finfish aquaculture operations...........................................34
E. M. George and C.C. Parrish
Phototherapy: applications for growth enhancement and maturation delay in farmed Bay of Fundy Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)..................................................................................................................................................................................................38
B.D. Glebe, P.R. Harmon, R.H. Peterson and A.J. Manning
Enhancing sustainable mussel industry production and growth through assessment and removal of constraints in seed supply.................................................................................................................................................................................................41
T. Granter, C. Dawe, K. Best and T. Brown
Program for Aquaculture Regulatory Research: Implementation and future directions....................................................45
N. House and G. J. Parsons
Determination of the lethal dissolved oxygen threshold in spotted wolffish (Anarhichas minor) of Québec origin according to two methods: LC50 and PO2crit..................................................................................................................................................48
M. Jetté, D. Chabot, N. Le François and D. Garant
Effect of chronic sublethal hypoxia on growth in the spotted wolffish (Anarhichas minor) and its hybrid with Atlantic wolffish (A. lupus).................................................................................................................................................................................................51
F. Larouche, D. Chabot, N.R. Le François and P.U. Blier
Pilot-scale cultivation of the spotted wolffish (Anarhichas minor) in Québec, Canada.....................................................55
N.R. Le François, D. Chabot, F. Dufresne, A. Savoie and A.K. Imsland
Indigenous and non-indigenous ascidian tunicates of Newfoundland and Labrador.......................................................58
K.C.K. Ma, D. Deibel and C. McKenzie
Temporal variations in sediment sulfide levels under marine salmon farms in southwestern New Brunswick, Bay of Fundy, during the annual environmental monitoring period..................................................................................................................64
F.H. Page, B.D. Chang, R.J. Losier, E.P. McCurdy, J.C.E. Reid and A.R. Hanke
Seaweed farming in Chaleurs Bay (Québec): Results from 4 years of research and development activities...............67
E. Tamigneaux and L. Gendron
Stress response of the spotted wolffish (Anarhichas minor) to rearing density and a stressful event reveals a true farming-friendly species ................................................................................................................................................................................71
S. Tremblay-Bourgeois, A. Savoie, R.L. Roy, T.J. Benfey, A.K. Imsland and N.R. Le François
Effect of finfish aquaculture operations on biochemical composition and growth of algae..............................................74
P. Zhao and C.C. Parrish
Aquaculture Association of Canada Objectives..........................................................................................................................77
The following papers, submitted for the Proceedings of Aquaculture CanadaOM 2010 and Cold HarvestTM 2010, have been published under separate cover in the Aquaculture Association of Canada, Bulletin Number 108-2
Free amino acids as an indicator of egg viability in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)
M. Clarke, C.C. Parrish and R.W. Penney
Newfoundland commercial scale Atlantic cod hatchery production technology project – live feed component
N. King, R. Healey, D. Tucker, S. Hann Haley and D. Boyce
Sex control in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)
S. Lin, T. Benfey and D. Martin-Robichaud
Successful partnerships for a sustainable future – Cod juvenile production at the Dr. Joe Brown Aquatic Research Building (JBARB) 2009-2010
R. Prickett, D. Boyce, J. Monk, M. Drake, B. Armstrong and C. Canning
Incorporation of a krill protein hydrolysate into the feeding regime of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) larvae: Effect on growth, survival and amino acid composition
N.J. Rowsell and C.C. Parrish
Gynogenesis and the genetic basis of sex determination of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)
J.A. Whitehead, T.J. Benfey and D.J. Martin-Robichaud















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