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

拟议的NSERC ARTP项目集中在确定和开发加拿大大西洋地区野生海藻的可行来源，特别是作为近岸海带水产养殖设施的亲鱼（海带养殖场）。拟议的应用研究项目是由行业驱动的，并吸引致力于海产品和海藻养殖的农民、加工商、技术服务公司，和原住民3D可视化专业知识，以促进他们的业务，并作出有效的资源规划决策，符合规定。三个学院包括在该项目的交叉研究活动：新斯科舍省社区学院（项目牵头; NSCC）、北大西洋学院和荷兰学院、加拿大最聪明的厨房（CSK）。水深、海流、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数据，制定算法，推导可持续发展预测模型（CNA）;和消费食品科学利用海带资源的增值健康产品（CSK）。这三个-大学伙伴关系是必不可少的和共生的，在提供研究，以承诺的行业合作伙伴，利用每所大学的技术优势，对一个战略领域，加拿大大西洋地区的经济发展和扩张：水产养殖，超越海产品，以海带水产养殖为目标的研发。该团队将采用切实可行的EDI实践来推进研究人员，并招募不同的学生，建立在学院在行业项目方面的专业知识深度以及与土著社区的尊重，有意义的合作基础上。该项目将在研究规划，该团队将为行业带来切实的成果，包括提供近岸交互式数据和3D可视化，并通过预测建模提供支持，为业务扩展和更高效的运营提供信息。消费者基础将通过感官测试的原型配方配方和行业合作伙伴的营销情报扩大，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.