Tuesday, June 28, 2011

New research station focus on coastal aquaculture in British Columbia

A new research facility at Deep-Bay British Columbia, is seeking ways to re-energise the coastal aquaculture industry. The off campus research unit is part of the facility of the Centre for Shellfish Research at Vancouver Island University that supports sustainable shellfish aquaculture development while encouraging preservation of coastal ecosystems.

This facility will also support First Nation shellfish aquaculture businesses, through training and monitoring. It will also seek to strengthen innovation by increasing interaction between the aquaculture operators and the researchers and it will link research to training to support the coastal economies. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers

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