Advancing commercial food production through integrated fish and plant systems to meet the needs of industry and community

莱斯布里奇学院是一个技术学习的战略中心，为15,000多个学分和非学分 学生在50多个不同的职业领域。莱斯布里奇学院是可持续能源和生态学的领导者， 在鱼菜共生、水产养殖、生物技术、刑事司法等领域建立了专业知识， 农业因此，莱斯布里奇学院认识到，区域和全球关注现有的 淡水和能源的供应，加上随后对农业生产的压力，是一个 这是一个复杂而尖锐的问题，几乎没有实际的解决办法。 然而，通过将温室养殖和水产养殖整合到封闭的循环系统中， 鱼菜共生系统，莱斯布里奇学院帮助开发了一个有趣的解决方案，不仅允许 全年生产鱼蛋白，但植物产量明显高于传统 水栽法或基于土壤的方法。因此，一些商业温室和水产养殖业已经 采用循环式鱼菜共生作为提高产量和利润的可行方法。 拥有超过十二年的经验和专业知识，莱斯布里奇学院是公认的世界各地的 研究鱼菜共生。在其为期两年的NSERC CCI-IE目前取得成功的基础上， 为了优化和扩大商业鱼菜共生系统，LC已经确定了两个最重要的 商业鱼菜共生行业面临的问题：1）生产分离，2）经济最大化 现有的平衡系统。解决这两个问题将使区域鱼菜共生产业， 进一步扩大并成为经济和环境可持续的粮食种植选择和模式 for other regions地区around the world世界.

Lethbridge College is a strategic centre for technological learning that serves over 15,000 credit and non-credit students in more than 50 diverse career areas. A leader in sustainable energy and ecology, Lethbridge College has established expertise in the areas of aquaponics, aquaculture, biotechnology, criminal justice, and agriculture. Accordingly, Lethbridge College has recognized that regional and global concern over existing supplies of fresh water and energy, coupled with subsequent strains on agricultural production, is an intensifying and complex problem for which few practical solutions exist. However, through the integration of greenhouse culture and aquaculture into an enclosed recirculating aquaponics system, Lethbridge College has helped to develop an intriguing resolution that not only allows for the year-round production of fish protein, but plant production at a significantly higher rate than traditional hydroponics or soil-based methods. As a result, several commercial greenhouse and aquaculture industries have adopted recirculation aquaponics as a viable method to increase production and profits. With over twelve years of experience and expertise, Lethbridge College is recognized around the world for its research in aquaponics. Building on the current success of its two-year, NSERC CCI-IE, that is dedicated towards optimizing and expanding commercial aquaponics systems, LC has identified the two most important issues facing the commercial aquaponics industry: 1) decoupled production and, 2) maximizing the economics of existing balanced systems. Addressing these two issues will enable the regional aquaponics industry to further expand and become an economically and environmentally sustainable food growing option and a model for other regions around the world.