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AQUA-ForumJanuary 25, 2002 -- Vancouver, BC
Networks of Centres of Excellence as a tool for
prosperity “ To mobilize Canada’s research talent in the
academic, private and public sectors and apply it
to the task of developing the economy and
improving the quality of life of Canadians. ”
Stimulate excellent research in critical areas
Develop and retain highly qualified people
Build strong University-Industry-Government
Partnerships
Accelerate knowledge exchange and technology
transfer to receptor community
Currently 22 Networks Health and Biotechnology
Aquaculture, Arthritis, Bacterial diseases, Genetic diseases, Health Evidence, Protein Engineering, Stroke research, Vaccines for cancer and viral diseases, Literacy, Stem cell research
Information Technology
Microelectronics, Telecommunications, Intelligent Systems and Robotics, Photonics, Mathematics of IT, Geomatics, TeleLearning
Natural Resources and Infrastructure
Water, Mechanical Wood-Pulp, Sustainable Forest Management, Smart structures, Automotive
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Mission Statement
to position the Canadian aquaculture industry for the future by increasing the efficiency of aquaculture production through species diversification, biotechnology, environmental sustainability and training of highly qualified personnel, while simultaneously addressing the legal, political and social issues which have historically affected the industry
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Funding Award
1999/00 $3.6 M
2000/01 $3.6 M
2001/02 $3.6 M
2002/03 $3.6 M
$14.4 M
Mid-term Review 2002
Expectation of 3 and then 7
further years of funding
Funded Sept.1/00
Initial ProposalSept 1999
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Global Budget
2000 – 2001 2001 – 2002 2002 – 2003 Total
Administration / Travel/ Education
422,581 1,443,052 1,432,866 3,298,499
Research 1,881,098 4,703,050 4,517,353 11,101,501
Total 2,303,679 6,146,102 5,950,219 14,400,000
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Highly Trained Personnel
Targets for Network Investigators(Directly supported by AquaNet)
Person years
Postdoctoral fellowsGraduate students (Masters and Ph.D.)Research assistants / technicians
40100100
Total 240
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Organizational Chart
E d u c a t io n C o m m it te e R e s e a rc h M a n a g e m e n tC o m m it te e
A d m in is t r a t iv eC e n tre
S c ie n t if ic D ire c to rD r. W illiam D riedz icM em oria l U niv ers ity
B o a rd o f D ire c to r s
Theme LeadersDr. Ralph Matthews, UBC
Dr. Joe Brown, Memorial UniversityDr. Moira Ferguson, University of Guelph
Dr. Scott McKinley, UBC
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Board of Directors
Approval of
research agenda annual budget policies and procedures
ManagementDirection
Financial Accountability
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Board of Directors Timothy M. Fleming (Chair)
Icy Waters International Inc.
Yves Bastien Tim Ogilvie Fisheries and Oceans University of Prince Edward Island
Tillmann Benfey Johann van RensburgUniversity of New Brunswick Future SEA Technologies Inc
Sam Bowman David RideoutPearl Seaproducts Inc. Can. Aquaculture Industry Alliance
William Driedzic William ReimerAquaNet Concordia University
Chris Goddard Bill Robertson Great Lakes Fishery Commission Connors Bros, Limited
Gary Hoskins Fred Whoriskey, Jr.Conne River Micmac First Nation Atlantic Salmon Federation
Monty Little Chantal Abou Debs (non-voting)
Syndel Laboratories Ltd Networks of Centres of Excellence
Axel Meisen Joan Atkinson (non-voting)
Memorial University AquaNet
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Research Management Committee
review research proposals
monitor progress of research
monitor performance
recommend adjustments to research
standing advisory committee
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Research Management Committee
William Driedzic Committee Chair Ralph Matthews SEA Theme Leader Joe Brown AP Theme Leader Moira Ferguson AP Theme Leader Scott McKinley EI Theme Leader Brad Hicks Taplow Feeds, British Columbia Yves Bastien Commissioner for Aquaculture, DFO Tony Charles Saint Mary’s University Tom Sephton St. Andrews Biological Station, DFO
non-voting members Joan Atkinson Network Manager Chantal Abou Debs Networks of Centres of Excellence
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Education Committee
Request for Proposals to design and deliver
industry-driven workshops closes March 31, 2002
proposal guidelines in the Education section of the
AquaNet website www.aquanet.ca
Industry Training Workshops
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Education Committee
CAIA and AquaNet collaboration
to develop a comprehensive, current on-line directory of educational-based training opportunities directly and indirectly related to aquaculture technology, businesses, development and research, and business management
March 31, 2002 expected date of completion
CAIA - AquaNet Training Directory
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Education Committee
a listing of the areas of expertise of the AquaNet researchers
for industry, the general public, existing and potential graduate students and other researchers
AquaNet is well positioned to facilitate access to this wide range of aquaculture expertise
January 2002 expected date of completion
On-line Researcher Directory
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Education Committee
currently 99 GS / PDFs working with AquaNet
Workshop Opportunities
funding available for GS / PDFs to attend AquaNet sponsored and non-AquaNet sponsored workshops
15 GS / PDFs funded to date
Graduate Student / Post-Doctoral Fellow Training
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Education Committee
Industrial / Research Placements
promote technical training, networking &information exchange
Placements are short term (1-2 weeks)
5 GS / PDFs funded to date
Graduate Student / Post-Doctoral Fellow Training
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Education Committee
Jay Parsons Marine Institute, MUN (Chair)
George Iwama Institute for Marine Biosciences, NRC Ralph Matthews SEA Theme Leader Michael Burt Huntsman Marine Science Centre Brian Elliott University of British Columbia Larry Hammell Atlantic Veterinary College, UPEI Bill Pennell Malaspina University - College Joanne Harding Marine Institute, MUN (PDF / Graduate Student Representative)
Melissa Struthers AquaNet Education Officer (non-voting)
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2001 - 2002 Research
39 research projects
119 Network Investigators &
102 Network Researchers
from 20 universities and colleges
62 industry affiliates
15 government and other agencies
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Research Themes
Dr. Joe Brown, Memorial University &
Dr. Moira Ferguson, University of Guelph
20 research projects
55 Network Investigators
22 institutions (universities and government labs)
Theme Impact
AP 3 Host-Pathogen Interactions: The Aeromonas salmonicida / Salmo salar Model System Applied to Non-salmonid Finfish
AP 7 Nutritional Value and Clinical Role of Dietary Lipid in Fish
AP 8 Optimization of Larval Feeding and Digestion in Atlantic Halibut, Atlantic Cod, Haddock and two small Flounder Species
Theme Research Projects - Brown
AP 13 Optimizing Metabolic Design for Growth of Fishes at Low Temperature
AP 18 Factors, Risks and Significance of Emergent Neoplasia Diseases in Cultured and Wild Soft-Shell Clams (Mya arenaria) in Atlantic Canada
AP 20 Development of Winter Flounder and Other Flatfish for Land-based and Inter-Tidal Aquaculture
Theme Research Projects - Brown
AP 21 An Evaluation of Current and New Diagnostic
Tests for Infectious Salmon Anemia Virus
AP 22 Impacts of Sea Ducks on Mussel Aquaculture
Operations in Prince Edward Island
AP 23 Supplemental Algal Feeding for Field-based
Oyster Nursery Culture
Theme Research Projects - Brown
AP 24 Enhancement of Production in
Broodstock and Postlarvae (spat) of Marine
Bivalves
Theme Research Projects - Brown
AP 1 Stress in Fish: Diagnostics, Role in Disease, and Management
AP 2 Shellfish Health: Development of Biochemical Indicators of Stress
AP 5 Production of Disease Resistant Transgenic Salmonids Expressing Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) Genes at all Temperatures
Theme Research Projects - Ferguson
AP 10 Aquaculture Broodstock and Seed Production:
Production of the Next Generation of Genetic
Markers
AP 11 Production of Single-Sex (All-female)
Populations of Fish for Aquaculture
AP 14 Improved Freeze and Stress Resistance with
Glycerol
Theme Research Projects - Ferguson
AP 15 Transgenic Fish with Improved Freeze
Resistance by Antifreeze Gene
AP 16 Production of Transgenic Tilapia for the
Treatment of Diabetes: ES-cell Approach
AP 17 Genetic and Environmental Factors Affecting
Growth and Production of Mussels (Mytilus edulis and
M. trossulus)
Theme Research Projects - Ferguson
AP 19 Immunological Response in Atlantic
Salmon, and the Identification of Molecular
Markers Associated with an Efficient Immune
System
Theme Research Projects - Ferguson
Dr. Scott McKinley,
The University of British Columbia
13 research projects
44 Network Investigators
18 institutions (universities / colleges and government labs)
Theme Impact
EI 1 Genetic and Ecological Interactions Between Farm and Wild Atlantic Salmon
EI 2 Objective Risk Assessment of Interactions among Cultured and Wild Salmonids
EI 4 Risk and Consequences of Infestation from Salmon Lice
EI 5 Environmental Requirements for Sustainable Shellfish Aquaculture Development
Theme Research Projects
EI 6 Development of in-situ Early Warning Systems for Harmful Algal Blooms and Phycotoxin Monitoring at Aquaculture Sites
EI 7 Water-Sediment Interactions: The Processes and Effects of Sorption / Desorption of Additives to Aquacultural Systems on Sediment and Water Quality
EI 8 Intelligent Monitoring Systems for Aquaculture
Theme Research Projects
EI 9 Sea Lice Resistance to Chemotherapeutants:
Diagnosis, Mechanisms, Dynamics and Control
EI 10 Improving Amino Acid Utilization in
Salmonid Fish: A Key Factor to Improving Feed
Efficiency and Reducing Waste Outputs in Marine
and Freshwater Salmonid Fish Culture
Theme Research Projects
EI 11 Cultured Salmon: Their Swimming Performance,
Energetics and Reproductive Success in Relation to
Fish Introductions and Escapements
EI 12 A Multi-disciplinary Approach with the
Integration of Three Trophic Levels (Fish / Shellfish /
Seaweed) for the Development of Sustainable
Aquaculture Systems
Theme Research Projects
EI 13 Development of Cold-water Recirculation
Systems
EI 14 Optimisation of Existing Faecal Trap to Reach
99% Settable Solid Removal in Highly Recirc
Systems Through Hydraulic Modelisation
Theme Research Projects
Dr. Ralph Matthews,
The University of British Columbia
6 research projects
28 Network Investigators
8 universities
Theme Impact
SE 2 The Industrial Economics of Aquaculture Industries
SE 3 The Institutional and Social Structure of Aquaculture: A Comparative Study of Norway, Chile, the Faeroes and Japan
SE 4 Law and Policy Project: Towards Principled Access, Allocations and Operations in Aquaculture
Theme Research Projects
SE 6 The Social Construction of Aquaculture:
Risks and Benefits; Work and Community
SE 7 Property Rights for Sea Ranchers
(Mariculturers)
SE 8 First Nations Involvement in Aquaculture
in British Columbia
Theme Research Projects
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Network Institutions
Dalhousie University The University of British Columbia
École polytechnique de Montréal Université Laval
McMaster University Université de Moncton
Memorial University Université du Québec à Rimouski
Nova Scotia Agricultural College University of Guelph
Queen’s University University of New Brunswick
Simon Fraser University University of Ottawa
St. Francis Xavier University University of Prince Edward Island
Saint Mary’s University University of Waterloo
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Government Partners
National Research Council Institute of Marine Biosciences
Fisheries and Oceans Canada Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Centre Gulf Fisheries Centre St. Andrews Biological Station West Vancouver Laboratory Pacific Biological Station
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Industry (Network Affiliates)Aquabiotech Inc.
Aqua Bounty Canada Inc.
Aquaculture Association of
Nova Scotia
Aqua Health Ltd.
AquaPrime Mussel Ranch Ltd.
Atlantic Marine Seed
Atlantic Silver Inc.
AVC Inc.
Bayshore Lobster Ltd.
Botsford Professional Fishermen's
Association, Inc.
British Columbia Ministery of Fisheries
Buckmans Creek Hatchery Ltd.
Canadian Caviar Company Inc
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Canadian Wildlife Service,
Atlantic Region
Coles Associates Ltd.
ConAqua Limited
Cooke Aquaculture Inc.
Cultus Lake Laboratory,
Fisheries & Oceans Canada
Farewell Mussel Farms Ltd.
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Industry (Network Affiliates)Future SEA Technologies Inc.
The Great Maritime Scallop
Trading Co.
Heritage Salmon Company Inc.
Huntsman Marine Science Centre
Indian Bay Ecosystem Corp.
Innovative Fisheries Development Inc.
Institute for Pacific Ocean Science
& Technology
Jail Island Aquaculture Ltd.
Jellett Biotek
Les Moules Forillon Ltée
Long Island Resources Ltd.
Lotek Wireless
Marinus Bio Resources Inc. Maritime
Mariculture Inc.
Maritime Veterinary Services Ltd.
Microtek International Ltd.
Moore - Clark
New Brunswick Dept of Agriculture,
Fisheries & Aquaculture
New Brunswick Salmon Growers'
Association
Newfoundland Aquaculture Industry
Association
Newfoundland Aqua Ventures Inc.
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Industry (Network Affiliates)Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Centre,
Fisheries & Oceans Canada
Norwegian College of Fisheries
Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries
Pearl Seaproducts
Pec-Nord Inc.
Prince Edward Island Aquaculture
Alliance
PEI Dept of Fisheries, Aquaculture
& Environment
Satlantic
Scotian Halibut Limited
Schering-Plough Animal Health
Shells and Fins Inc.
Shur-Gain Research Center
St. Andrews Biological Station,
Fisheries & Oceans Canada
Stolt Sea Farm Inc.
Supreme Sturgeon and Caviar Ltd.
Target Marine Products Ltd.
Technology PEI
Terra Nova Biotechnology Co. Ltd.
Thimble Bay Farms Limited
Yellow Island Aquaculture LimitedWaterline
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Immediate Timelines
Call in the fall of 2001 for new proposals under the Socio-Economic Aspects Theme
priority research topicsgovernment policy and aquacultureaquaculture and community relationsfood safety and aquaculture - perception and realitypublic / private policy issues in sea ranchingproperty rights for fish farmerssocial and economic analysis of risk management for
aquaculture
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Immediate Timelines
January 5, 2002
Application Deadline for submission of new proposals
January 15, 2002
Progress Reports due from all current projects
February 15 & 16, 2002
RMC will review all applications
March 8, 2002
Board will review RMC recommendations
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Immediate Timelines
June 2002
Call for proposals for 2003/04, 2004/05, 2005/06
June 15, 2002
Deadline for submission of further Progress Report
August 1, 2002
Deadline for submission of Mid-Term Review to NCE
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Immediate Timelines
October 15, 2002
Deadline for submission of full applications for the
next competition (2003 - 2006)
December 2002
Announcement of positive result of Mid-Term Review
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AquaNet II Moncton, New Brunswick
September 14 - 17, 2002
2003 Aquaculture Congress Victoria, British Columbia
October 29 - November 1, 2003 AquaNet, Aquaculture Association of Canada & Aquaculture Pacific Exchange