Strategic workshop to develop a Canadian Network for Sustainable Freshwater Aquaculture

加拿大的淡水水产养殖部门由700多个业务组成，年产量超过10 000公吨，养殖场价值约为7 000万美元。 在全球范围内，加拿大在淡水鳟鱼和红点鲑总产量方面排名第13位;然而，鉴于我们的自然资源基础和其他战略优势，这种产量水平与存在的机会或潜力不相称。 该部门的增长已被阻止，主要是由于对水产养殖的环境和社会可持续性的关切。 因此，加拿大淡水水产养殖部门的任何扩张都取决于知识、技术和实践的发展，以应对和解决这些挑战。2001年，大学、政府和生产者利益相关者发起了可持续淡水水产养殖的省际合作研发倡议，以促进应用研究、开发和商业化（RDC）的协调努力，以推动该部门的发展。 2002年，该倡议的第一个行业行动计划主要侧重于营养问题。 2004年，对优先事项进行了重新评估，并制定了第二个《工业行动计划》，重新将重点放在营养上，但增加了废物管理、农场管理和环境承载能力。 2006年，该倡议成为一个注册的非营利组织-可持续淡水水产养殖发展省际伙伴关系。最近，IPSFAD在加拿大各地协调了五个为期一天的研讨会，以征求与行业发展最相关的RDC倡议的意见，并制定了第三个行业行动计划，该计划将作为可持续淡水水产养殖发展的协调工具。拟议的研讨会旨在根据已确定的行业优先事项，评估建立战略研究网络以满足行业研发需求的可行性。

Canada's freshwater aquaculture sector consists of more than 700 operations that produce more than 10,000 metric tonnes of output annually with a farm-gate value of approximately $70 million.  Globally, Canada ranks a distant 13th in total freshwater trout and char output; however, given our natural resource base and other strategic advantages, this level of output is not commensurate with the opportunity, or potential, that exists.  Growth in the sector has been forestalled due largely to concerns regarding the environmental and social sustainability of aquaculture.  Therefore, any expansion in the Canadian freshwater aquaculture sector is dependent upon the development of knowledge, technologies and practices to address and resolve such challenges.In 2001, university, government and producers stakeholders launched the Inter-Provincial Collaborative R&D Initiative for Sustainable Freshwater Aquaculture to promote coordinated efforts in applied research, development and commercialization (RDC) to advance the sector.  The Initiative's first Industry Action Plan, in 2002, focused largely on nutrition.  In 2004, priorities were re-evaluated and a second Industry Action Plan was developed with a renewed focus on nutrition but with the addition of waste management, farm management and environmental carrying capacity.  More than $1.9 million in RDC projects were delivered through these first two Action Plans.In 2006, the Initiative became a registered not-for-profit organization - the Inter-Provincial Partnership for Sustainable Freshwater Aquaculture Development (IPSFAD). Recently, the IPSFAD coordinated five 1-day workshops across Canada to solicit input regarding RDC initiatives most pertinent to industry development and resulted in a Third Industry Action Plan that will serve as a coordinating instrument for sustainable freshwater aquaculture development. The proposed workshop looks to build on the identified industry priorities to evaluate the feasibility of estabishing a Strategic Research Network to address industry R&D needs.