Aquaculture Canada 2007 Program Guide

CONFERENCE SESSIONS

SNFWS I - Interprovincial Partnership for Sustainable Freshwater Aquaculture
Development in Canada and Freshwater Aquaculture Potential in Canada
Moving Aquaculture Outside the Box
SNFWS II - Fish Nutrition, Feeds and Feeding
Sustainability - Beyond the Triple Bottom Line?
Marine Aquaculture
SNFWS III - Environmental Aspects of Freshwater Cage Farming
Aquaculture Health Management
Alternate Species
Aquaculture Nutrition
SNFWS IV - Diversification of Freshwater Production
SNFWS V - Fish Health Management in Freshwater Aquaculture
R&D Coordination
Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture
SNFWS VI - Aquaponics (Combining Aquaculture and Hydroponics)
Science and Policy
Aquatic Animal Health and Nutrition

Conference Keynote
Date: Monday, September 24, 2007
Time: 9:00 – 10:00 AM
Location: Salon 11/12
Title: The Challenge to Develop Aquatic Resources to Secure Economic
Prosperity while Maintaining Social Approval
Hon. A. Brian Peckford P.C., L.L.D. (honoris causa)

Plenary Session I
Date: Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Time: 10:30 – 11:30 AM
Location: Salon 11/12
Title: Creating an Industry Model for Addressing Environmental Issues and Achieving Business
Benefits
Rebecca J. Goldburg
Environmental Defence Fund

Plenary Session II
Date: Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: Salon 11/12
Title: Public Concerns and Policy Development for Aquaculture
Honourable David Anderson, PC, LL.B
Director, Guelph Institute of the Environment

SNFWS I - Interprovincial Partnership for Sustainable Freshwater Aquaculture
Development in Canada and Freshwater Aquaculture Potential in Canada
Date: Monday, September 24, 2007
Time: 10:30 AM - 12:10 PM
Location: Salon 11/12
Chairs: Eric Gilbert and Grant Vandenberg

10:30 G. Vandenberg
IPSFAD Past, Present and Future & RDC Action Plan 2007-09.

10:50 D. Stechey and E. Hutchings
Experimental Freshwater Fish Farm Design and On-Going Feasibility Study in Alberta

11:10 Regional Perspective on Achieving Freshwater Aquaculture Potential
L.J. Albright (BC)
M. McNaughton (AB)
D. Foss (SK)
J. Bottomley (MB)
M. Meeker - K. Tracey (ON)
S. Lareau - M. Maheu (QC)
TBA (Maritime Provinces)

Moving Aquaculture Outside the Box
Date: Monday, September 24, 2007
Time: 10:30 AM - 12:10 PM
Location: Salon 2
Chair: Tim DeJager
10:30 T. DeJager
Session Introduction
10:30 M. Parker
Increasing Stakeholder Involvement and Improving Company Profile through Integration in the
Community
10:50 T. DeJager
Giving Up Control: How the New Web Can Shift the Knowledge Balance for Aquaculture in
Canada - Aquaport.ca
11:10 G. Vaillancourt
Vaillancourt - Ropin' the Web - Connecting Information to Industry
11:30 Y. Bastien (Facilitator)
Discussion: Building Trust and a Successful Engagement Process

SNFWS II - Fish Nutrition, Feeds and Feeding
Date: Monday, September 24, 2007
Time: 1:20 PM – 3:00 PM
Location: Salon 11/12
Chair: Grant Vandenberg
1:20 K. Overturf
Improving Utilization of Sustainable Products in Aquaculture
1:40 D. Maenz
The Use of Canola Protein Concentrate as a Replacement for Fishmeal in Fresh Water Fish Feeds
2:00 M. Olson
Lupin and Low Tannin Faba Bean as Potential Feed Ingredients for Aquaculture
2:20 M. Drew
Opportunities for Western Canadian Pulse Crops in Aquafeeds
2:40 Feed Company Panel
New Perspectives in Freshwater Feed Diet/Formula and Markets

Sustainability - Beyond the Triple Bottom Line?
Date: Monday, September 24, 2007
Time: 1:20 PM – 3:00 PM
Location: Salon 2
Chair: Mia Parker
1:20 M. Parker
Session Introduction
1:40 T. Ish
Creating Win-Win Solutions for Business and the Environment
2:00 C. Severne
Sustainability - A Maori Perspective from New Zealand
2:20 L. Greba
TBA
2:40 M. Parker (Facilitator)
Discussion

Contributed Papers in Marine Aquaculture
Date: Monday, September 24, 2007
Time: 1:20 PM – 3:00 PM
Location: Salon 3
Chair: TBA
1:20 T. Benfey
Preliminary Evaluations of Triploidy for Suppressing Sexual Maturation in Farmed Cod
1:40 Y. Lu
The Marketing of Atlantic Halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus) and Demand Estimates
2:00 L.-A. Davidson
Is Scallop Aquaculture and Enhancement Economically Viable in the Gulf Region?
2:20 D. Martin-Robichaud
The Correlation between Ovarian Fluid Characteristics and Egg Fertilization Success in Atlantic
Halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus)
2:40 M. Mamoser
An Ecosystem-Based Approach to the Management of the Shellfish Aquaculture Industry in B.C.:
An Industry Needs Assessment

SNFWS III - Environmental Aspects of Freshwater Cage Farming
Date: Monday, September 24, 2007
Time: 3:30 PM – 4:50 PM
Location: Salon 11/12
Chair: Doug Geiling
3:30 M. Paterson
The Effect of an Experimental Rainbow Trout Cage Farm Operation on Nutrients and the
Plankton Community of a Freshwater Lake
3:50 C. Podemski
Development of Benthic Changes at an Experimental Freshwater Aquaculture Facility
4:10 K. Mills
Impacts of Rainbow Trout Cage Culture in a Small Lake: Lake Trout Enhancement?
4:30 P. Blanchfield
Survival And Distribution Of Farmed Rainbow Trout Released From An Experimental
Aquaculture Operation.

Aquaculture Health Management
Date: Monday, September 24, 2007
Time: 3:30 PM – 5:10 PM
Location: Salon 2
Chair: Rod Penney
3:30 K. Brewer
Factors in Controlling ISA and the Transferability to the “Next Disease”
3:50 D. McCallum
Progress towards the BC Shellfish Aquatic Animal Health Program
4:10 A. Osborn
National Aquatic Animal Health Program: Update on Activities and Direction
4:30 B. Boyce
The Marine Harvest Canada Strategy for Successful Sea Lice Management
4:50 L. Sams
How Independent Research Facilities and Organizations Can Support Innovation and Excellence
in Aquatic Health Management

Contributed Papers in Marine Aquaculture (Continued)
Date: Monday, September 24, 2007
Time: 3:30 PM – 4:50 PM
Location: Salon 3
Chair: TBA
3:30 A. Manning
Expression of Ghrelin during Larval Development in Atlantic Halibut, Hippoglossus
hippoglossus L.
3:50 J. Power
Cage Culture Characteristics of Juvenile Atlantic Halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus)
4:10 E. Rodhaj
The Development of Fish Farming Along the Albanian Coast
4:30 F. Hekmatpour
Preliminary Results from the Establishment of Experimental Artificial Reefs in Qeshm Island
(Persian Gulf) With an Emphasis on Decapod Fauna

SNFWS III - Environmental Aspects of Freshwater Cage Farming (Continued)
Date: Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Time: 8:20 AM – 9:40 AM
Location: Salon 11/12
Chair: Doug Geiling
8:20 C. Podemski
Assessment of the Benthic Effects of Freshwater Commercial Net-Pen Aquaculture
8:40 M. Wetton
Effects of Aquaculture Organic Waste Loading on Benthic Invertebrates
9:00 C. Wilson
Genetic Interactions of Cage Culture Escapees and Naturalized Rainbow Trout Populations in
Lake Huron
9:20 D. Geiling
A GIS-Based Assessment of the Potential for Cage Culture Expansion in Lake Huron

Contributed Papers in Alternate Species
Date: Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Time: 8:20 AM - 10:00 AM
Location: Salon 2
Chair: TBA
8:20 J. Rakocy
Global Tilapia Production and Markets – 2007
8:40 T. George
The Grass Carp and Tilapias as Biological Control Agents and Their Role in Aquaculture for
Food Security
9:00 J. Derkson
The Balance of Risk and Benefit in Culturing an Exotic – Review of Triploid Grass Carp Culture
in Alberta
9:20 B. Chavan
Evaluation of the Nutritional Value of Natural and Artificial Feed Feeding to Nile Tilapia
(Oreochromis niloticus)
9:40 A. Hasanalipour
Cortisol Changes in Response to Rearing Density in Siberian Sturgeon (Acipenser baerii)

Conference Plenary I
Date: Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Time: 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Location: Salon 11/12
10:30 R. Goldberg
Creating an Industry Model for Addressing Environmental Issues and Achieving Business
Benefits

SNFWS IV - Diversification of Freshwater Production
Date: Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Time: 1:20 PM – 3:00 PM
Location: Salon 11/12
Chair: Dan Stechey
1:20 G. Chaudhary
Role of Aquaculture in Agriculture Diversification
1:40 C. Frantsi
The Development of Alternate Finfish Species for Aquaculture; an East Coast History and
Perspective
2:00 D. Stechey
SWOT-Based Technique for New Species Development – An Evaluation and Planning Model
2:20 S. Taylor
Constructed Wetlands / Lagoons for Effluent Treatment: Technical and Economic Feasibility for
the Canadian Experimental Aqua-Farm
2:40 Panel Discussion

R&D Coordination
Date: Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Time: 1:20 PM – 3:00 PM
Location: Salon 2
Chair: David McCallum
1:20 D. McCallum
Session Introduction and Background on Canadian Aquaculture R&D
1:40 J. Rose
Icywaters Arctic Charr R&D Initiatives
2:00 T. Jackson
IRAP R&D Funding
2:20 S. Cross
Pacific SEA-Lab: Building A Practical Industry-Academia Interface For R,D&T
2:40 D. Green
Aquaculture Industry R&D Network

Contributed Papers in Aquaculture Nutrition
Date: Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Time: 1:20 PM – 3:00 PM
Location: Salon 3
Chair: TBA
1:20 J. Conroy
Denitrification Using Volatile Fatty Acids Produced By Hydrolysis of Waste Solids
1:40 M. McDonald
Solar Water Heating for Aquaculture
2:00 T. George
Wild and Farmed Fish, Their Nutritional Value and Role of Aquaculture for World Food
Production
2:20 T. Plesowicz
Fish as a Research Animal

SNFWS V - Fish Health Management in Freshwater Aquaculture
Date: Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Time: 3:30 PM – 5:10 PM
Location: Salon 11/12
Chair: Rich Moccia
3:30 J. Lumsden
Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia Virus (VHSV) type IV’b’ Experimental Infection in Rainbow
Trout and Fathead Minnows
3:50 R. Penney
Viral Haemorrhagic Septicaemia (VHS) in the Great Lakes
4:10 J. Lumsden
Flavobacterium psychrophilium Strain Heterogeneity and Antimicrobial Resistance; Implications
for Management
4:30 P. Belhumeur
Options for the Control of Saprolegnia sp. in Freshwater Fish Species
4:50 B. Larson
Fish Health Issues in Alberta

Integrated Multitrophic Aquaculture
Date: Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Time: 3:30 PM – 5:10 PM
Location: Salon 2
Chair: Shawn Robinson
3:30 T. Chopin
Up-scaling of the Seaweed Inorganic Extractive Component in an Integrated Multi-Trophic
Aquaculture (IMTA) System in the Bay of Fundy, Canada
3:50 S. Cross
Sustainable Ecological Aquaculture (SEA) Systems in Coastal British Columbia – Assessing the
Benefits
4:10 T. Lander
The Effects of Cuprous Oxide on Blue Mussel (Mytilus edulis) Larval Settlement and Its
Implications for Recycling Treated Salmon Net Cages for Mussel Spat Collection in Integrated
Multitrophic Aquaculture (IMTA)
4:30 N. Blasco
Breaking the Seasonality of Kelp Farming and the Implications in Integrated Aquaculture
4:50 M. Liutkus
Effects of Fines from Salmon Feed on Biodeposit Dynamics of Various Size Classes of Mussels
(Mytilus spp.)
5:10 G. Reid
Recent Developments and Challenges for Open-Water, Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture
(IMTA) in the Bay of Fundy, Canada

SNFWS VI - Aquaponics (Combining Aquaculture and Hydroponics) - Profits from
Natural Effluent Treatment
Date: Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Time: 8:50 AM - 10:10 AM
Location: Salon 11/12
Chair: Eric Hutchings
8:50 J. Rakocy
Fish and Vegetable Production in a Commercial Aquaponic System: 25 Years of Research at the
University of the Virgin Islands
9:10 M. Harston
Naturally Grown Fish and Organically Grown Fine Herbs from Tilapia Effluent
9:30 N. Savidov
Latest Canadian Aquaponics Research: Is Aquaponics a Viable Option for Fish Farmers?
9:50 D. Millar
Aquaponic Production from Trout Effluent

Science and Policy
Date: Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Time: 8:50 AM - 10:30 AM
Location: Salon 2
Chair: Gregor Reid
8:50 M. Burgham
Science and Policy in Aquaculture: The Federal Perspective
9:10 F. Page
Centre for Integrated Aquaculture Science (CIAS)
9:30 R. Moccia
Ontario’s Approach to the Development of Science-Based Regulatory Reform
9:50 B. Heath
The Science and Policy of Geoduck Farming in British Columbia
10:10 B. Sweeney
Science and Policy in Aquaculture: An Industry Perspective from Atlantic Canada

Contributed Papers in Aquatic Animal Health and Nutrition
Date: Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Time: 8:50 AM - 10:30 AM
Location: Salon 3
Chair: TBA

8:50 R. Moccia
Formulation of Salmonid Fish Feeds with High Dietary Levels of Plant Ingredients: Effects on
Waste Outputs and Potential Environmental Impacts of Fish Culture Operations

9:10 C. McGowan
The Search for Genetic Markers Associated with Disease Resistance in Two Strains of Arctic
Charr

9:30 C. Dagenais
Utilisation of White Corn Gluten and Lysine Supplementation in Fish Feed: Impacts on the
Colouration of Rainbow Trout Flesh (Onchorynchus mykiss)

9:50 E. Friesen
Lowering Flesh Organic Contaminants in Farmed Atlantic Salmon While Concurrently
Maintaining Levels of EPA and DHA through Dietary Modifications

10:10 A. Yazdanpanah
Cold-Inducible Proteins of Flavobacterium psychrophilum, the Cause of Coldwater Disease
 

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