Acronyms used in the 2009 Canadian Aquaculture R&D Review

AANS – Aquaculture Association of Nova Scotia
AARS – Alma Aquaculture Research Station - University of Guelph
ACOA – Atlantic Canada Opportunity Agency
ACOA-AIF – Atlantic Canada Opportunity Agency - Atlantic Innovation Fund
AEG - Aquaculture Engineering Group Inc.
AFRI - Aquaculture and Fisheries Research Initiative Inc (PEI)
ASF – Atlantic Salmon Federation
AUCC – Association of Universities and Colleges Canada
BC CAHS – British Columbia Centre for Aquatic Health Sciences
BC MoE – British Columbia Ministry of Environment
BCARDC – BC Aquaculture Research and Development Committee (BC Innovation Council)
BCARDC-AE – BCARDC Aquaculture and Environment Research Fund
BCIC – British Columbia Innovation Council
BCMAL – British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture and Lands
BCSFA – British Columbia Salmon Farmers Association
BCSGA – British Columbia Shellfish Grower’s Association
BNB – Business New Brunswick
CACN – Centre aquacole de la Côte-Nord,
CAISN – Canadian Aquatic Invasive Species Network (CAISN)
CAMGR-MAPAQ – Centre aquacole marin de Grande-Rivière
CCFAM ATG – Canadian Council of Fisheries and Aquaculture Ministers – Aquaculture Task Group
CCFI – Canada Center for Fisheries Innovation
CED – Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
CeMIM-MAPAQ – Centre maricole des Îles-de-la-Madeleine
CFIA – Canadian Food Inspection Agency
CGP – Atlantic Cod Genomics and Broodstock Development Project
COA – Canada Ontario Agreement Respecting the Great Lakes Basin Ecosystem
CRESCO - Centre de Recherche et d'Enseignement sur les Systèmes Côtiers (France)
CSR-VIU – Centre for Shellfish Research, Vancouver Island University
CTPA-MAPAQ – Centre technologique des produits aquatiques
CZRI – Coastal Zones Research Institute Inc (U Moncton Shippegan Campus)
Dalhousie U - Dalhousie University
DFO – Fisheries and Oceans Canada
DFO-ACRDP – DFO Aquaculture Collaborative Research and Development Program
DFO-AIMAP – DFO Aquaculture Innovation and Market Access Program
DFO-AIS – DFO Aquatic Invasive Species
DFO-CG – DFO Coast Guard
DFO-GRDI – DFO Genomics Research and Development Initiative
DFO-NASAPI – DFO National Aquaculture Strategic Action Plan Initiative
DFO-PARR – Program for Aquaculture Regulatory Research
DIT-MAPAQ – Direction de l'innovation et des technologies (MAPAQ)
EC – Environment Canada
EPAQ - École des pêches et de l’aquaculture du Québec
FC – Fleming College
FQRNT – Fonds québécois de la recherche sur la nature et les technologies
IASPP – Invasive Alien Species Partnership Program (Environment Canada)
Idaho State U – Idaho State University
IFREMER – French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
IML – Institut Maurice-Lamontagne
IMR Norway – Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway
IPSFAD – Interprovincial Partnership for Sustainable Freshwater Aquaculture Development Inc.
MAFRI – Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives
MAPAQ – Ministère de l’Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l’Alimentation du Québec
McMaster U – McMaster University
MDEIE – Ministère du Développement économique, Innovation et de l'Exportation (Quėbec)
MI – Marine Institute of Memorial University of Newfoundland
MUN – Memorial University of Newfoundland
MUN OSC – Memorial University of Newfoundland - Ocean Sciences Centre
NAIA – Newfoundland Aquaculture Industry Association
NB DAA – New Brunswick Department of Agriculture and Aquaculture
NB DAA–TDF – NB DAA - Total Development Fund
NBIF – New Brunswick Innovation Fund
NBPSGA – New Brunswick Professional Shellfish Growers Association
NBSGA – New Brunswick Salmon Growers Association
NL DFA – Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture
NNRC – Norway National Research Council
NOAA – Northern Ontario Aquaculture Association
NOAA Fisheries Service – National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Marine Fisheries Service
NRC – National Research Council Canada
NRC-IMB – National Research Council Canada – Institute for Marine Biosciences
NRC-IRAP – National Research Council Canada – Industrial Research Assistance Program
NS DFA – Nova Scotia Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture
NSAC – Nova Scotia Agricultural College
NSERC – Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
NVI Norway – National Veterinary Institute of Norway
OMAFRA – Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs
OMNR – Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
OMOE – Ontario Ministry of Environment
OSAP – Ontario Student Assistance Program
PEIAA – PEI Aquaculture Alliance
PEI-DFARD – Prince Edward Island Department of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Rural Development
PHAC – Public Health Agency of Canada
PSF – Pacific Salmon Foundation
RAQ – Réseau Aquaculture Québec
RPC – Research and Productivity Council
RPPGR – Regroupement des pêcheurs professionnels de Grande-Rivière
SABS – St. Andrews Biological Station
SE – Saskatchewan Environment
SFU – Simon Fraser University
SMU – St. Mary’s University
SODIM – Société de Développement de l’Industrie Maricole
SORDAC – Société de recherche et de développement en aquaculture continentale
SRD – Government of Alberta Sustainable Resource Development
TAGC – The Atlantic Genome Centre
TCGHF – Teasdale-Corti Global Health Fund (International Development Research Centre)
Trent U – Trent University
U Aberdeen – University of Aberdeen
U Copenhagen – University of Copenhagen
U Guelph – University of Guleph
U Iceland – University of Iceland
U Laval – Universitė Laval
U Moncton – Universitė de Moncton
U Montreal – Université de Montréal
U Ottawa – University of Ottawa
U Sask – University of Saskatchewan
U Tromsø – University of Tromsø
U Vic – University of Victoria
U Windsor – University of Windsor
UBC – University of British Columbia
UBC-CAER – UBC and DFO Centre for Aquaculture and Environmental Research
UNB – University of New Brunswick
UPEI – University of Prince Edward Island
UPEI-AVC – UPEI Atlantic Veterinary College
UQAR-ISMER –, Université du Québec à Rimouski - Institut des Sciences de la Mer
VIU – Vancouver Island University
WLU – Wilfred Laurier University

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