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domestic and foreign vessel activities and laboratory to the realm of commercial produc- aspects of IMTA. This team included natural
detect potential violations. The program also tion. IMTA is a practice that uses an ecosys- and socio-economic scientists and graduate
consultations with the lobster industry and provides information on pollution surveil- tem approach to aquaculture by growing students at the University of New Brunswick
provincial governments, and I look forward lance, environmental monitoring and marine multiple species that complement each other and the DFO St. Andrews Biological Station,
to building on this engagement and working security to a number of other federal depart- – like finfish, mussels and seaweeds. and industrial partners (Heritage Salmon Ltd.
with all of our partners to secure a stronger ments and agencies. Drs. Chopin and Robinson became inter- - now Cooke Aquaculture Inc., Acadian
future for the Atlantic lobster fishery.” “I recently had the opportunity to take ested in aquaculture in the late 1990s when Seaplants Limited and Ocean Nutrition
part in a surveillance flight with DFO fishery they realized that the significant amount of Canada). Between 2001 and 2006, the team
Government of Canada announces officers. I was extremely impressed with the byproducts generated by fed finfish aquac- received funding from AquaNet, Canada’s
significant aerial surveillance contract technological capabilities of the aircraft and ulture, such as salmon, could be used to Network of Centres of Excellence for Aquac-
5 June the professionalism of the crew,” said Minis- provide nutrients and enhance the cultiva- ulture, and the New Brunswick Innovation
St. John’s, NL – Senator Fabian Manning, on ter Shea. tion of extractive species, such as seaweeds Foundation. Since 2006, the project has ex-
behalf of the Honourable Gail Shea, Minister Provincial Airlines Limited is a com- (kelps and dulse) and invertebrates (suspen- panded from research and development to
of Fisheries and Oceans, announced that the pletely Canadian-owned company that is rec- sion feeders such as mussels, and deposit commercialization with the support of the
Government of Canada has awarded Provin- ognized worldwide as a leader in aerial sur- feeders such as sea urchins, sea cucumbers Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency’s
cial Airlines Limited (PAL), a subsidiary of veillance operations and support. It has pro- and sea worms). Atlantic Innovation Fund.
Provincial Aerospace Limited of St. John’s, vided aerial surveillance services to DFO in Through IMTA, some of the food, nutri- Drs. Chopin and Robinson have always
NL, a five-year contract worth $75 million to various capacities since 1989. The company ents and energy considered lost in finfish emphasized the need for scientific research
provide aerial surveillance of Canada’s in- employs 750 people across Canada. monoculture are recaptured and converted and commercial IMTA to develop together.
land coastal and offshore waters. This con- The contract includes exclusive use of into crops of commercial value, while “Our goal is to produce a more efficient and
tract was awarded in keeping with the Gov- three specially modified and equipped biomitigation takes place. environmentally benign practice that the
ernment of Canada open bidding system. Beechcraft King Air B200 aircraft (and one “With this process, all the cultivation Canadian aquaculture industry can evolve
“This contract represents a significant back-up aircraft), complete with all ground components have an economic value, as well into, one that is rooted in ecosystem-based
investment in the Canadian aerospace indus- support and other related services. Approxi- as a key role in environmental and societal processes,” said Dr. Robinson. “All of the
try and the Newfoundland and Labrador mately 7,500 hours will be flown annually services and benefits,” said Dr. Chopin. “The team’s research to-date indicates that this is
economy that will protect jobs and stimulate from three bases in St. John’s, NL; Halifax, harvesting of the different types of crops entirely plausible.”
economic growth during the current slow- NS; and Comox, BC. participates in the recapturing of nutrients The Research Award of Excellence was
down,” said Senator Manning. “Aerial sur- and carbon from the coastal ecosystem. Com- recently presented to Drs. Chopin and
veillance is an important aspect of Canada’s New Brunswick researchers receive panies practicing IMTA could be rewarded Robinson in Nanaimo, B.C., during the
fisheries enforcement activities as well as Award of Excellence for developing through a system of nutrient and carbon Aquaculture Association of Canada’s an-
helping to assert Canada’s sovereignty and innovative aquaculture practice trading credits.” Moreover, the evolution in nual meeting. The award recognizes high
enhance marine security. “ 2 June aquaculture practices contributes to modify- quality, innovative and current research that
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) is Dr. Thierry Chopin, from the University ing people’s perceptions of this food produc- has had a significant impact on the aquacul-
responsible for monitoring, control and sur- of New Brunswick in Saint John, and Dr. tion system, which is anticipated to become ture industry in Canada.
veillance of Canada’s fisheries waters as well Shawn Robinson, from Fisheries and Oceans even more prevalent in the future in order to
as certain international areas, such as the Canada St. Andrews Biological Station, are satisfy human population with increasing
Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization the recipients of the 2009 Aquaculture Asso- seafood consumption.
UNDA Compass
Regulatory Area and the North Pacific. ciation of Canada Research Award of Excel- In 2000, Drs. Chopin and Robinson as-
The department’s aerial surveillance lence for taking the concept of Integrated sembled an inter-disciplinary team to inves- Project
program provides the capability to monitor Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA) from the tigate the different, complex and inter-related
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just in different ways,” Sophia Sturtevant
recognized. Each girl designed and built a
creative mini-boat, and the girls collectively
made a woodblock print of a story they wrote,
cutting out each image and learning to oper-
ate the shop’s bandsaw.
For many of the participants, the idea of
girls apprenticing with women to learn
boatbuilding skills was important. “I work
with high-school age kids most of the time,
and seeing young girls learning hands-on
competencies and building their skills and
confidence has been a great part of this
program,” said project volunteer Becca
Follansbee, a teacher at Wells High School.
Elissa Armstrong, also a project volunteer
and owner of Sewing Solutions, agreed about
the pleasure of having the girls as appren-
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skills with a bunch of girls who are so enthu-
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