Harnessing the Environmental and Economic Potential of Kelp Aquaculture

阿豪萨特商业公司（ABC）由阿豪萨特第一民族（Ahousaht First Nation）成立，旨在推动符合社会和文化要求的经济发展。ABC对可持续养殖有着浓厚的兴趣，希望发展一家经济环保的新型海带养殖企业。该项目的目标是向农行通报其保留区的海带生产潜力和养殖要求，并向农行员工提供海带养殖技能培训。该项目将比较不列颠哥伦比亚省（温哥华岛西海岸外）ClayoquotSound的两个地点的糖海带（Saccharina latissima）的生长、组织质量和营养成分。其中一个地点是ABC拥有的一个空置的水产养殖场；第二个地点在大约700米之外，是加拿大CermaqCanada拥有的一个正在运营的鲑鱼养殖场，该养殖场是ABC的密切合作伙伴，也是该项目的合作者。该项目的培训和成果将通过开发新的环境可持续收入来源和新的就业机会，在ABC内部建立能力。海带水产养殖的发展也将有助于加强enabc与加拿大Cermaq之间的伙伴关系。

Ahous Business Corporation (ABC) was incorporated by the Ahousaht First Nation to drive economicdevelopment that is socially and culturally appropriate. ABC has a keen interest in sustainable aquaculture andwould like to develop a new economically and environmentally beneficial kelp aquaculture enterprise. Thegoals of this project are to inform ABC of the kelp production potential and cultivation requirements specific totheir tenure locations, and to provide ABC staff with kelp aquaculture skills training. The project will comparesugar kelp (Saccharina latissima) growth, tissue quality, and nutrient composition at two sites in ClayoquotSound, British Columbia (off the west coast of Vancouver Island). One site is a vacant aquaculture tenureowned by ABC; the second site, approximately 700 m away, is an operational salmon farm owned by CermaqCanada - a close partner of ABC and a collaborator on this project. The training and results from this projectwill build capacity within ABC by developing a new environmentally sustainable revenue stream with newemployment opportunities. Kelp aquaculture development will also help strengthen the partnership betweenABC and Cermaq Canada.