NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Sustainable Aquaculture

NSERC 可持续水产养殖工业研究主席

• 批准号: 438812-2018
• 负责人: Tabata, Naomi
• 金额: $ 14.57万
• 依托单位: North Island College
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Industrial Research Chairs for Colleges 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=666360
• 关键词: NSERC; Industrial; Research; Chair; Sustainable

Aquaculture, or aquatic farming, now produces more seafood annually than all of the wild fisheries of the**world. In Canada aquaculture is usually associated with fish farming or with the production of oysters, mussels**and clams - but certainly not for seaweeds. Despite supporting the greatest seaweed diversity, Canada remains**remarkably absent from a global sector that has not been able to meet market demand - realizing an annual**increase of 5.7% over the past 10 years, with a total annual production of greater than 18 million MT and a**value exceeding US $10 billion. Asian countries continue to dominate in terms of seaweed production -**99.05% by volume/biomass and 99.36% in terms of value.**The North Island College (NIC) Industrial Research Chair for Colleges in Sustainable Aquaculture, Dr.**Stephen Cross, will continue his applied research program with a focus on the development of an entirely new**aquaculture sector for western Canada - that of seaweeds. Much like many of our land crops, seaweeds can be**produced annually and typically within a season - for kelps seed is entered in January and harvested in June.**The products that can be made from the harvested material include food, materials used in food processing,**medicines, cosmetics, dietary supplements, building materials, fertilizers, and even fuels. In addition,**seaweeds play an important role in the natural environment and may offer real solutions to the increasing**impacts we see as a result of climate change.**The 5-year research program will explore how we can develop seaweed farming on Canada's west coast,**from technical aspects of producing the seed to the development of innovative technologies for farming,**harvesting, processing, for adding value to the raw material in support of target markets, and to determine how**and at what scale seaweeds could be used to remove carbon from the oceans, thereby reducing climate change**impacts. The applied research is supported by a unique cross-sector collaboration including a number of**coastal First Nations, shellfish and fish farm companies, product development enterprises, and the forestry

水产养殖，或水产养殖，现在每年生产的海产品比世界上所有的野生渔业都多。在加拿大，水产养殖通常与鱼类养殖或牡蛎、贻贝和蛤蜊的生产有关，但肯定不是海藻。尽管拥有最大的海藻多样性，但加拿大仍然在一个无法满足市场需求的全球行业中显着缺失——在过去10年中实现了5.7%的年增长，总产量超过1800万吨，价值超过100亿美元。亚洲国家在海藻产量方面继续占主导地位，按体积/生物量计算为99.05%，按价值计算为99.36%。**北岛学院（NIC）可持续水产养殖学院工业研究主席Stephen Cross博士将继续他的应用研究项目，重点是在加拿大西部开发一个全新的水产养殖部门-海藻。就像我们的许多陆地作物一样，海藻可以每年生产一次，通常在一个季节内生产——因为海带的种子在1月播种，6月收获。**收获的材料可以制成的产品包括食品、用于食品加工的材料、**药品、化妆品、膳食补充剂、建筑材料、肥料，甚至燃料。此外，海藻在自然环境中发挥着重要作用，并可能为我们所看到的气候变化带来的日益严重的影响提供真正的解决方案。这项为期5年的研究计划将探索如何在加拿大西海岸发展海藻养殖，从生产种子的技术方面到农业、收获、加工的创新技术的发展，以增加原材料的价值，以支持目标市场，并确定如何以及以何种规模使用海藻从海洋中去除碳，从而减少气候变化的影响。应用研究得到了独特的跨部门合作的支持，包括许多沿海第一民族、贝类和养鱼场公司、产品开发企业和林业