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

拟议的NSERC ARTP项目集中于确定和开发大西洋加拿大野生养殖的可行海藻来源，特别是用作近岸海带水产养殖设施(海带养殖场)的亲鱼。拟议的应用研究项目是行业驱动的，并吸引致力于海鲜和海藻养殖的农民、加工者、技术服务公司和原住民的3D可视化专业知识，以促进他们的业务并根据法规做出有效的资源规划决策。该项目的交叉研究活动包括三个学院：新斯科舍省社区学院(项目领导；活动将侧重于高分辨率、遥感和绘制栖息地和环境特征的地图，例如水深、水流、敏感物种的位置(NSCC)；利用野生海带生物量、环境条件和生长模式的数据得出可持续发展的预测模型的算法开发；和消费者食品科学利用海带资源的增值保健产品(CSK)。在向承诺的行业合作伙伴提供研究方面，这种三所学院的伙伴关系是必要的和共生的，这些合作伙伴利用每所学院的技术优势，向大西洋加拿大的经济发展和扩张的战略领域：水产养殖超越海鲜，目标是海带水产养殖的研发。团队将利用有形的EDI实践来促进研究助理，并招收不同的学生，建立在两所大学在行业项目和尊重、有意义的、与土著社区合作的专业知识基础上。该项目将在研究规划、行业合作、该团队将为业界带来切实的成果，包括提供近岸互动数据和由预测模型支持的3D可视化，为业务扩张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行业合作伙伴提供的营销情报来扩大，作为扩大商业化食品的基础。

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.