Growing Quality Seafood through Innovation L’Innovation et la production de fruits de mer de qualité Program Guide / Guide de programme Aquaculture Canadaom 2008 & AquaFair 2008 Saint John, New Brunswick, 10-14 May 2008 Ville de Saint Jean, Nouveau Brunswick, 10-14 mai 2008 OM - Aquaculture Canada is an Official Mark of the Aquaculture Association of Canada and may not be used without permission / Aquaculture Canada est une marque officielle de l’Association Aquacole du Canada et ne peut être utilizer sans permission Courtesy of the AC’08 Student Affairs Committee . ♪ ♫ ♫ …is back! WHERE: Joe Brown Student BBQ . O’Leary’s Pub, 46 Princess St., Saint John WHEN: May 12th, 2008 at 6:00 p.m. Ticket Price: $25 (Get them while they’re still available!) Watch and get in on the fun as AC’08 conference delegates go head to head, performing their karaoke favourites while being judged by a panel of AAC’s professional musicians, for the coveted Aquaculture Idol Trophy! SEE YOU THERE! Silver contributors / Commanditaires argent: Microtek International Interprovincial Partnership for Sustainable Freshwater Aquaculture Development / le Partenariat interprovincial pour le développement durable de l'aquaculture d'eau douce O’Learys Pub Supreme Sturgeon Enterprise Charlotte RDI Strategies Inc. Marical Bronze contributors / Commanditaires bronze: Icy Waters Ltd Aquaculture Engineering Group Aquaculture product donors / Commanditaires de produits aquacoles: Confederation Cove Mussels ESQU Certified Premium Seafood Products Northern Harvest Sea Farms Maison Beausoleil Cooke Aquaculture Aquaculture CanadaOM2008 Diamond sponsors / Commanditaires diamant: Gold sponsors / Commanditaires or: …. Table of Contents / Table des matières Aquaculture Canada 2008 Committees / Comités ................................................................................. 2 Aquaculture Association of Canada / Association Aquacole du Canada ............................................ 3 Partners and Contributors / Partenaires et Commanditaires .............................................................. 4 Welcome to delegates / Mots de bienvenue aux délégués ...................................................................... 6 Aquaculture Association of Canada – Lifetime Achievement Award / ............................................. 17 Registration and Information / Inscription et informations .............................................................. 19 Session Rooms / Salles de conférences .................................................................................................. 22 Program Outline / Sommaire du programme ...................................................................................... 23 Trade Show and Poster Map / Salon Commercial et Affiches............................................................ 24 Trade Show Exhibitors and Booth Numbers / ..................................................................................... 25 Speakers Outline & Abbreviated Titles / Résumés des présentations ............................................... 26 Opening & Welcome / Allocution d’ouverture et de bienvenue ......................................................... 31 Conference Keynote Presentation / Session Plénière ........................................................................... 32 Sessions and Abstracts – Aquaculture CanadaOM 2008 ...................................................................... 35 Food Safety, Quality, & Nutritional Benefits ................................................................................... 35 Shellfish Culture – Contributed Papers ............................................................................................ 38 Advances in Broodstock Development & Management .................................................................. 42 International Workshop on Sturgeon Culture ................................................................................. 46 Environmental Interactions of Shellfish and Finfish Aquaculture - Contributed Papers ........... 49 Aquaculture Research, Regulatory & Policy – Contributed Papers ............................................. 52 Advances in Sturgeon Culture (continued) ...................................................................................... 55 Environmental Interactions of Shellfish – Contributed Papers ..................................................... 57 Industry-Led Research & Development ........................................................................................... 60 Aquaculture Marketing: Canadian & International Perspectives ................................................. 62 Inter-Provincial Partnership for Sustainable Freshwater Aquaculture: The Way Forward ..... 65 Regional Aquatic Animal Health & Biosecurity .............................................................................. 67 Advances in Marine Finfish Culture – Contributed Papers ........................................................... 70 Integrated Multitrophic Aquaculture – Contributed Papers ......................................................... 74 Fish Health – Contributed Papers ..................................................................................................... 78 Finfish Nutrition & Physiology – Contributed Papers .................................................................... 82 Aquaculture Waste Management & Miscellaneous– Contributed Papers .................................... 85 Poster Session / Session affiches............................................................................................................. 88 Poster Abstracts – Aquaculture CanadaOM 2008 ............................................................................. 90 Index of Presenting Authors / Index des auteurs ................................................................................. 97 Aquaculture Canada 2008 - Saint John NB / St. Jean N.-B. Aquaculture Canada 2008 Committees / Comités Conference Organizing Committee / Comité organizateur Alistair Struthers - AAC President and Conference Chair / président de l‟AAC et de l‟assemblée Caroline Graham – AquaFair President / présidente de l‟AquaFair 2008 Cyr Couturier - Program Chair / président du programme Joanne Burry - Conference Coordinator / coordonnatrice de la conférence Catriona Wong - Aquaculture Association of Canada / Association Aquacole du Canada Susan Waddy - Aquaculture Association of Canada / Association Aquacole du Canada Tim Jackson – National Research Coucil – IRAP / Le Programme d'aide à la recherche industrielle du CNRC Program Committee / Comité responsable du programme Cyr Couturier - Chair / président Alistair Struthers – AAC President / président Caroline Graham – AquaFair President / présidente de l‟AquaFair 2008 Andrew Vickerson - Contributed papers / articles soumis Tim Jackson – Chair Local Organizing Committee / président du comité des arrangements locaux Ruth Salmon – Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance / L‟Alliance de l‟Industrie Canadienne de l‟Aquaculture Debbie Martin-Robichaud – AAC President-elect / présidente élu Bettie Arsenault – Professional Shellfish Growers Association of New Brunswick / l'Association des conchyliculteurs professionnels du N.-B. Jules Gaudet - Professional Shellfish Growers Association of New Brunswick / l'Association des conchyliculteurs professionnels du N.-B. Jason Mullen - Awards and Student Affairs / prix et affaires étudiant(e)s Linda Duncan – Prince Edward Island Aquaculture Alliance / L‟Alliance de l‟aquaculture du l'Î.-P.-É Rod Penney – Canadian Food Inspection Agency / Agence canadienne d'inspection des aliments Brian Muise – Aquaculture Association of Nova Scotia / Association aquacole de la Nouvelle-Écosse Joanne Burry – Conference Coordinator / coordonnatrice de la conférence Local Organizing Committee / Comité responsable des arrangements locaux Tim Jackson – Chair / président Caroline Graham – AquaFair President / présidente de l‟AquaFair 2008 Sybil Smith - New Brunswick Salmon Growers Association / l'Association des producteurs de saumons du N.-B. Bettie Arsenault – Professional Shellfish Growers Association of New Brunswick / l'Association des conchyliculteurs professionnels du N.-B. James A. Smith - New Brunswick Salmon Growers Association / l'Association des producteurs de saumons du N.-B. Charlane Hatt - New Brunswick Department of Agriculture and Aquaculture / Département de l‟agriculture et de l‟aquaculture du Nouveau-Brunswick Karen Coombs - New Brunswick Department of Agriculture and Aquaculture / Département de l‟agriculture et de l‟aquaculture du Nouveau-Brunswick Scott Walker – Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency / Agence de promotions économique de l‟Atlantique Amber Garber – Huntsman Marine Science Centre / Centre des sciences marine Huntsman Thierry Chopin – UNB Saint John / Université du Nouveau-Brunswick à St. Jean Eddy Kennedy – Fisheries and Oceans Canada / Pêches et Océans Canada Nell Halse – Cooke Aquaculture Inc. Jason Mullen – Student Affairs Committee Chair / affaires étudiantes Joanne Burry - Conference Coordinator / coordonnatrice de la conférence Master Promotions Aquaculture Canada 2008 - Saint John NB / St. Jean N.-B. 2 Aquaculture Association of Canada / Association Aquacole du Canada Board of Directors 2007 / 2008 Conseil d'administration Alistair Struthers, President Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Aquatic Animal Health Division 59 Camelot Drive, Ottawa, ON K1A 0Y9 Tel. 613-221-1465; Fax 613-221-3137; e-mail: [email protected]