Remote Sensing Technology to Improve Marine Spatial Planning, Kelp Assessment and Aquaculture

拟议的NSERC ARTP项目的重点是确定和开发加拿大大西洋可行的海藻来源，供野生养殖，特别是作为近岸海带养殖设施（海带养殖场）的育鱼。拟议的应用研究项目是由行业驱动的，并吸引了忠实的海产品和海藻养殖者、加工商、技术服务公司和原住民3D可视化专业知识，以推进他们的业务，并根据法规制定有效的资源规划决策。该项目的交叉研究活动包括三所学院：新斯科舍省社区学院（项目领导；NSCC），北大西洋学院（CNA）和荷兰学院，加拿大最聪明的厨房（CSK）。活动将侧重于高分辨率、遥感和生境和环境特征的制图，例如水深、水流、敏感物种的位置；算法开发，利用野生海带生物量、环境条件和生长模式（CNA）的数据推导出可持续发展的预测模型；以及利用海带资源生产增值健康产品（CSK）的消费者食品科学。这三所大学的合作伙伴关系是必不可少的和共生的，为承诺的行业合作伙伴提供研究，利用每所大学的技术优势，实现加拿大大西洋地区经济发展和扩张的战略领域：从海产品转向海带养殖的目标研发。该团队将采用切实可行的EDI实践，以促进研究人员的发展，并根据学院在工业项目方面的专业知识深度，以及与土著社区相互尊重、有意义的合作，招募多样化的学生。该项目将在为期两年的项目期间，通过个人和跨机构的多学科参与，培训50多名学生，包括研究规划、行业合作和执行等领域。该团队将为行业提供切实的成果，包括提供近岸交互式数据和由预测建模支持的3D可视化，为业务扩展和更有效的运营提供信息。消费者基础将通过感官测试的原型配方和为工业伙伴提供的营销情报来扩大，作为大规模商业化食品的基础。

The proposed NSERC ARTP project centres on identification and development of viable sources of seaweed in Atlantic Canada for wild cultivation, and particularly as broodstock for near-shore kelp aquaculture facilities (kelp farms).The proposed applied research projects are industry driven and engage committed seafood and seaweed farmers, processors, technical services firms, and First Nations 3D visualization expertise to advance their businesses and make effective resource planning decisions in compliance with regulations.Three colleges are included in the intersecting research activities of the project: Nova Scotia Community College (project lead; NSCC), College of the North Atlantic (CNA), and Holland College, Canada's Smartest Kitchen (CSK).Activities will focus on high-resolution, remote sensing and mapping of habitats and environmental features e.g., water depth, currents, location of sensitive species (NSCC); algorithm development to derive predictive models for sustainable developmentusing data on wild kelp biomass, environmental conditions,and growth patterns (CNA); and consumer food science using the kelp resources for value-added healthy products (CSK).This tri-college partnership is essential and symbiotic in providing research to committed industry partners that capitalizes on each college's technical strengths toward a strategic area of economic development and expansion in Atlantic Canada: aquaculture that moves beyond seafood to target R&D in kelp aquaculture.The team will employ tangible EDI practices to advance research associates and recruit diverse students building on the colleges' depth of expertise on industry projects and on respectful, meaningful, collaboration with Indigenous communities.The project will train over 50 students in the areas of research planning, industry collaboration, and execution over the two-year project duration both individually and through cross-institutional multidisciplinary engagement.The team will produce tangible outcomes for industry including provision of near-shore interactive data and 3D visualization supported by predictive modelling to inform business expansion and more efficient operations. The consumer base will be expanded through sensory-tested prototype recipe formulations and marketing intelligence for industry partners as the foundation for scaled-up commercialized food products.