2010/11 PARR Research Projects

Region
Project Title
Pacific
The effects of single and repeat Lepeophtheirus salmonis infections on the health of juvenile Pacific salmon

Pacific
Sea lice infection levels on juvenile salmon during early seawater residency and migration out of the Strait of Georgia

Pacific
Modeling sea lice dispersion and estimating encounter rates with juvenile Pacific salmon in the Broughton Archipelago and Discovery Islands

Pacific
The development of video monitoring methods to characterize the effects of finfish farm waste deposition on hard-bottom substrates
Central & Arctic
Environmental regulation for farm siting: environmental impacts of deposition
Québec
Critical thresholds and dose-dependent relationships for biodeposition from farmed mussels and benthic responses: A combined theoretical – empirical approach
Gulf
Management of husbandry practices to maintain water column environmental carrying capacity for bivalve culture
Maritimes
Potential effects of sea lice bath treatments on sensitive non-target organisms in southwest New Brunswick ( 2-year continuation ) ( PARR-2011-M-01
Maritimes
Dye dispersion studies to characterize sea lice bath treatments dispersal from salmon cages in southwest New Brunswick ( 2-year expansion) PARR-2011-M-03)
Maritimes
Evaluate DEPOMOD or other depositional models in southwest New Brunswick to predict the zones and intensities of impacts around farm sites
Newfoundland
Oceanographic study of the south coast of Newfoundland (Baie d’Espoir and Fortune Bay) Continuation of PARR-2008-NL-01 and PARR-2009-NL-01