NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Sustainable Aquaculture

水产养殖，或称水产养殖，现在每年生产的海产品比世界上所有野生渔业都多。在加拿大，水产养殖业通常与养鱼或牡蛎、贻贝和文蛤的生产联系在一起，但肯定不是为了海藻。尽管支持了最大的海藻多样性，加拿大仍然**明显地缺乏一个无法满足市场需求的全球部门-在过去10年中实现了5.7%的年增长率，年总产量超过1800万公吨，**价值超过100亿美元。亚洲国家在海藻产量方面继续占据主导地位--**99.05%的海藻产量/生物量和99.36%的海藻价值。**北岛学院(NIC)可持续水产养殖学院工业研究教席**Stephen Cross博士将继续他的应用研究项目，专注于开发加拿大西部一个全新的**水产养殖领域--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--因为海带种子在1月份进入，在6月份收获。**可以用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、化肥，甚至燃料。此外，**海藻在自然环境中扮演着重要的角色，并可能为我们看到的气候变化带来的越来越大的**影响提供真正的解决方案。**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农业，**从种子生产的技术方面到农业创新技术的开发，**收获、加工，为支持目标市场的原材料增值，并确定如何**以及以多大的规模利用海藻来从海洋中消除碳，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，其中包括一些**沿海第一民族、贝类和养鱼公司、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