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，在50多个不同的职业领域为15,000多名学分和非学分学生提供服务。莱斯布里奇学院是可持续能源和生态领域的领导者，在水培、水产养殖、生物技术、刑事司法和农业等领域建立了专业知识。因此，莱斯布里奇学院已经认识到，地区和全球对现有淡水和能源供应的担忧，以及随之而来的农业生产压力，是一个日益加剧的复杂问题，目前几乎没有切实可行的解决方案。然而，通过将温室栽培和水产养殖整合到一个封闭的循环水培系统中，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，而且植物产量明显高于传统的水培或土壤方法。因此，一些商业温室和水产养殖业已采用循环水共生作为增加产量和利润的可行方法。凭借超过12年的经验和专业知识，莱斯布里奇学院在鱼菜共生方面的研究得到了全世界的认可。NSERC CCI-IE致力于优化和扩展商业鱼菜共生系统，在其两年成功的基础上，LC确定了商业鱼菜共生行业面临的两个最重要的问题：1)解耦生产，2)最大化现有平衡系统的经济效益。解决这两个问题将使区域鱼菜共生产业进一步扩大，成为经济和环境可持续的粮食种植选择，并成为世界其他地区的典范。

Lethbridge College is a strategic centre for technological learning that serves over 15,000 credit and non-creditstudents in more than 50 diverse career areas. A leader in sustainable energy and ecology, Lethbridge Collegehas established expertise in the areas of aquaponics, aquaculture, biotechnology, criminal justice, andagriculture. Accordingly, Lethbridge College has recognized that regional and global concern over existingsupplies of fresh water and energy, coupled with subsequent strains on agricultural production, is anintensifying and complex problem for which few practical solutions exist.However, through the integration of greenhouse culture and aquaculture into an enclosed recirculatingaquaponics system, Lethbridge College has helped to develop an intriguing resolution that not only allows forthe year-round production of fish protein, but plant production at a significantly higher rate than traditionalhydroponics or soil-based methods. As a result, several commercial greenhouse and aquaculture industries haveadopted 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 itsresearch in aquaponics. Building on the current success of its two-year, NSERC CCI-IE, that is dedicatedtowards optimizing and expanding commercial aquaponics systems, LC has identified the two most importantissues facing the commercial aquaponics industry: 1) decoupled production and, 2) maximizing the economicsof existing balanced systems. Addressing these two issues will enable the regional aquaponics industry tofurther expand and become an economically and environmentally sustainable food growing option and a modelfor other regions around the world.