Last Update: July 19, 2005

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Introduction

The Marine Institute’s Centre for Aquaculture and Seafood Development (C-ASD), offers a complete range of services for seafood processing and aquaculture industries in the areas of applied research, product and process development, technology transfer, advisory services and education and training. From single person owner/operator start-up companies to large, national corporations C-ASD can play an integral role in:

• technical development;
• improving current practices and procedures;
• adapting technologies from other sources;
• industrial oriented education and training; and
• developing new and innovative ideas from concept to commercialization.

C-ASD provides a suite of technical capabilities expertise for addressing industry needs and participates in research and development efforts for future growth and diversification. Clients can access C-ASD’s modern aquaculture research facility and two food pilot plant facilities. The Marine Institute plant is provincially and federally registered, and has approved QMP program in place. Clients also benefit from C-ASD’s attention to quality assurance that comes with the Institute’s ISO-9001™ (2000 standards) registration.

Our services include:

• Workshop, development and delivery
• Fish and shellfish health and husbandry
• Aquaculture site evaluations
• Biotelemetry
• Nutritional studies, feed and feed additive evaluations
• Product analysis
• Product and process development
• Equipment testing and evaluation
• HACCP assistance
• Post-harvest technologies
• Fishery By-products utilization