2011/12 PARR Research Projects

Region
Project Title
Pacific
Establishing zones for managing risks related to pathogens and/or pollutants originating on finfish facilities in the Broughton Archipelago and Discovery Islands

Pacific
Development of management zones for finfish aquaculture in British Columbia.  Phase I: Data collection and evaluation.  Phase II: information integration to provide advice and recommendations in support of finfish aquaculture management.

Pacific
Are shellfish transfers a likely vector for aquatic invasive species movement from the west to the east coast of Vancouver Island?

Pacific
Additional support for studies of sea lice infection levels on juvenile salmon in the Strait of Georgia and adjacent waters  (1-year project – Expansion of PARR-2010-P-02)

Pacific
Developing hard-bottom indicators from BC archived benthic video surveys associated with aquaculture activities(linked to PARR-2010-P-10)

Pacific
Developing a carrying capacity model for shellfish production in Baynes Sound, BC (1-year project)
Central & Arctic
Refinement of DEPOMOD validations for freshwater finfish sites

Central & Arctic
Effects of cage aquaculture on freshwater benthic communities

Central & Arctic
Development of predictive modelling tools to assist with freshwater aquaculture site licensing decisions in Lake Diefenbaker (ACRDP Lake Diefenbaker project extension)

Central & Arctic
Support for the development of a draft Sediment Monitoring Program for Freshwater Cage Aquaculture
Québec
Cumulative impacts, kinetics and tissue distribution of anti-louse pesiticides in non-target organisms

Gulf
To validate the robustness of the ecosystem carrying capacity models being developed for St. Peter’s Bay (Funded PARR 2010-G-06)

Gulf
Identifying critical ecological thresholds for tunicate infestation on mussel farms

Gulf
Analysis of relationships between aquaculture and eelgrass coverage on a bay-wide scale
Maritimes
Biological effects of anti-louse pesticides on non-target organisms (continuation of research PARR 2010-M-07)

Maritimes
Dose-responses for non-target crustaceans based on semi-natural laboratory and field-based mesocosm exposures to chemotherapeutants

Maritimes
Transport and dispersal of discharged sea lice chemical therapeutants in Southwest New Brunswick (linked to PARR 2011-M-16)
Maritimes
Transport and dispersal of discharged sea lice chemical therapeutants in Southwest New Brunswick: Zooplankton sub-component (linked to 2011-M-03)

Maritimes
Simple model estimations of bay-scale ecological carrying capacity for suspended mussel culture

Newfoundland
Evaluating Beggiatoa and OPC as indicators of benthic habitat conditions on hard ocean substrates using visual data collected seasonally at new finfish aquaculture sites and near the end of production at established sites

Zonal projects
Quantifying benthic transport of aquaculture waste material for inclusion in predictive models (Joint Pacific/Maritimes project)

Zonal projects
Assessing the value of bivalve meat yield as an indicator of ecosystem health (carrying capacity) (Joint Gulf/Newfoundland project)