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: $ 15.42万
• 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: 2018
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2018-01-01 至 2019-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=652329
• 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一项重要经济活动，2015年产量约为15.1万吨，创收8.77亿美元，库克水产养殖公司是北美最大的国内养鱼公司。尽管养鱼在提供海鲜和就业方面有好处，但仍存在环境管理问题，由DFO和各省监管。食物和粪便的废物管理是一个重要的话题，传统上是通过检查笼子周围的区域来进行管理的。然而，改进的管理方法将包括更广泛的生态系统。达尔豪西的两名科学家(格兰特和菲尔盖拉)与库克水产养殖公司合作，将帮助将研究成果转化为最佳实践。加拿大和澳大利亚水产养殖法规的比较将有助于库克更有效地遵守法规。除了政府监管机构外，还有一些生态标签品牌也要求农场遵守。我们将帮助提高这些标准的效力。我们还将进一步开发计算机模型和软件，以更好地了解农场使用兽药的途径，以及农场废物(例如未吃的食物)的命运。这涉及对广泛地区的沉积物进行现场采样，以检验我们的发现。总体而言，这些结果将改善沿海生态系统养鱼的“适宜性”，并带来更大的可持续性。