Operational management of sustainable fish farming

可持续养鱼业的运营管理

• 批准号: 511841-2017
• 负责人: Grant, Jon
• 金额: $ 17.47万
• 依托单位: Dalhousie University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Collaborative Research and Development Grants
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2017-01-01 至 2018-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=619425
• 关键词: Operational; management; sustainable; fish; farming

Fish farming is an important economic activity in rural communities in Canada, producing approximately 151 thousand tonnes and generating $877 million in 2015, and Cooke Aquaculture is the largest domestic fish farming company in North America. Despite the benefits of fish farming in providing seafood and jobs, there are environmental management issues, regulated by DFO and the provinces. Waste management of food and feces is an important topic, and has traditionally been regulated by examining the area around the cages. However, an improved management approach would include the wider ecosystem. Working with Cooke Aquaculture, two scientists at Dalhousie (Grant and Filgueira) will help translate research results into best practices. Comparison of aquaculture regulations in Canada and broad will assist Cooke with more efficient compliance. In addition to government regulators there are ecolabeling brands that also require farm compliance. We will help improve the efficacy of those standards. We will also further develop computer models and software to better understand the pathways of veterinary medicine used on the farm, as well as the fate of farm waste (e.g uneaten food). This involves field sampling of sediments sampled over wide areas to test our findings. Collectively, these results will improve the 'fit' of fish farming in coastal ecosystems, and lead to increased sustainability.

养鱼是加拿大农村社区的重要经济活动，在2015年生产约1.51亿吨，产生了8.77亿美元，而库克水产养殖是北美最大的家庭养鱼公司。尽管养鱼的好处在提供海鲜和就业方面，但仍有DFO和计划的环境管理问题。食物和粪便的废物管理是一个重要的话题，传统上，我们通过检查笼子周围的区域受到监管。但是，改进的管理方法将包括更广泛的生态系统。 Dalhousie（Grant and Filgueira）的两名科学家与Cooke水产养殖合作将有助于将研究结果转化为最佳实践。加拿大水产养殖法规的比较将协助库克以更有效的依从性。除政府监管机构外，还有生态标记品牌也需要农场合规性。我们将帮助提高这些标准的效率。我们还将进一步开发计算机模型和软件，以更好地了解农场上使用的兽医医学的途径以及农场废物的命运（例如未食用的食物）。这涉及在广泛区域采样的沉积物的现场采样以测试我们的发现。总的来说，这些结果将改善沿海生态系统中鱼类养殖的“合适”，并提高可持续性。