NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Sustainable Aquaculture

水产养殖，或者说水产养殖，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，水产养殖通常与养鱼或牡蛎、贻贝 ** 和蛤蜊的生产有关，但肯定不是海藻。尽管支持最大的海藻多样性，加拿大仍然 ** 显着缺席的全球部门，一直无法满足市场需求-实现每年 ** 增长5.7%，在过去10年中，总年产量超过1800万吨，价值超过100亿美元。亚洲国家继续在海藻生产方面占主导地位-* 按体积/生物量计算占99.05%，按价值计算占99.36%。北岛学院（NIC）可持续水产养殖学院工业研究主席，博士 **斯蒂芬·克罗斯将继续他的应用研究计划，重点是为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，通常在一个季节内生产-海带种子在1月进入，6月收获。可以从收获的材料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，可能为我们所看到的气候变化造成的日益严重的影响提供真实的解决方案。这项为期5年的研究计划将探索我们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创新技术的发展，** 收获，加工，为支持目标市场的原材料增值，并确定如何 ** 以及在多大规模上海藻可用于从海洋中去除碳，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，包括一些 ** 沿海第一民族，贝类和鱼类养殖公司，产品开发企业和林业。

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