PLENARY SESSIONS
Monday, May 29, 2000
9:15 - 10:00
Ballroom: A
Yves Bastien 
Commissioner for Aquaculture Development, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Ottawa, Canada
Title: Canadian Aquaculture in the New Millennium - The Challenges

Tuesday, May 30, 2000
9:00 - 9:45
Ballroom: A 
Michael Horgan
APÉCA, Moncton, NB, Canada
Title: Aquaculture: An Innovative Opportunity in Coastal Communities

Wednesday, May 31, 2000
9:00 - 9:45
Ballroom : A
Brian Rogers
Rogers Consulting Inc., Halifax, NS, Canada
Title: A Perspective on the Market Place and Marketing in the Food Industry

AWARD SPEAKERS
Aquaculture Association of Canada - Lifetime Achievement Award
Tuesday, May 30, 2000
8:30 - 9:00
Ballroom : A
Dr. Neil Bourne
Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Nanaimo, BC, Canada
Title: Reflections on a career in molluscan aquaculture with some thoughts for the future

Aquaculture Association of Canada - Research Award of Excellence
Wednesday, May 31, 2000
8:30 - 9:00
Ballroom : A
Dr. Santosh P. Lall
National Research Council of Canada, Institute for Marine Biosciences, Halifax, NS, Canada
Title: Aquaculture feed development : a canadian perspective

SPECIAL AND TECHNICAL SESSIONS
BIOTECHNOLOGY: WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO GROWERS?
Monday, May 29, 2000
10:20 - 12:30
Room: C 
Chair: Laura Brown (Institute of Marine Biosciences)

(10:20)
Reginald B. Blaylock
Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, Institute of Marine Sciences, The University of Southern Mississippi, Ocean Springs, MS, 39566, USA
Title/Titre: The US Gulf of Mexico Marine Stock Enhancement Program (USGMMSEP): the use of aquaculture technology in "responsible" stock enhancement

(10:50)
Tillmann J. Benfey
Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, E3B 6E1, Canada
Title/Titre: Production of all-female populations of fish for aquaculture

(11:10)
Diane G. Elliott
Western Fisheries Research Center, Biological Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey, 6505 N.E. 65th St., Seattle, WA, USA, 98115
Title/Titre: The role of biotechnology in the detection and control of Renibacterium salmoninarum infections in salmonid fishes - promises and pitfalls

(11:30)
Barry W. Glickman 
Centre for Environmental Health, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, V8W 3N5, Canada
Title/Titre: Human health considerations of consuming farmed salmon

(11:50)
Julian C. Thornton
Microtek International Ltd., Saanichton, B.C., V8M 1Z8, Canada
Title/Titre: Biotechnology: How is it improving vaccines for aquaculture?

(12:10)
N. Le François
Centre Aquicole Marin de Grande-Rivière/Université du Québec à Rimouski (CAMGR/UQAR), Ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'alimentation du Québec (MAPAQ) 6, rue du Parc, Grande-Rivière, Québec, G0C 1V0, Canada
Title/Titre: Technical and financial pre-feasibility study for the selection of key species of marine and anadromous fish for cold-water aquaculture


SHELLFISH HATCHERIES: THEIR ROLE IN DEVELOPING SHELLFISH AQUACULTURE
Monday, May 29, 2000
10:20 - 11:30
Room: B
Chair: Paul Neima (Atlantic Marine, PE)

(10:20)
Jonathan Davis
Taylor Shellfish Co., Quilcene, WA, 98110, USA
Title/Titre: North American West Coast Shellfish Hatcheries - current utilization and prospects for the future

(10:50)
Chantal Gionet 
Aquarium et Centre Marin, Ministère des Pêches et de l'Aquaculture, Shippagan, NB, E8S 1H9, Canada
Title/Titre: Recherche et développement sur les espèces alternatives à l'écloserie chonchylicole de l'Aquarium et Centre Marin

(11:10)
Catherine E. Smandych 
Fisheries and Aquaculture, Malaspina University-College, 900-5th St. Nanaimo, BC, V9R 5S5, Canada
Title/Titre: Results of a comparative cost analysis between carboy and bag phytoplankton culture methods

DIVERSIFICATION OF MOLLUSC AQUACULTURE
Monday, May 29, 2000
11:30 - 12:30
Room: B
Chair: Richard Gallant (PEI Department of Fisheries and Tourism)

(11:30)
André Mallet 
Mallet Research Services Ltd., 4 Columbo Drive, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, B2X 3H3, Canada
Title/Titre: Hatchery and juvenile to market-size rearing of the bar clam, Spisula solidisima

(11:50)
T. Jeffrey Davidson
Atlantic Veterinary College, 550 University Ave., Charlottetown, PEI, C1A 4P3, Canada
Title/Titre: The importance of science and industry working together in the development of the soft-shell clam (Mya arenaria), an emerging aquaculture species on Prince Edward Island

(12:10)
Marc Ouellette
Fisheries & Oceans Canada, Gulf Fisheries Center, Moncton, NB, E1C 9B6, Canada
Title/Titre: What is the potential of the notata variety for quahaug aquaculture in Atlantic Canada?


GOVERNING AQUACULTURE : POLICY, LEGISLATON AND REGULATIONS
Monday, May 29, 2000
10:20 - 12:30
Room: A
Chair: Daniel Stechey (Office of the Commissioner for Aquaculture Development)

(10:20)
Daniel Stechey
Office of the Commissioner for Aquaculture Development, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Ottawa, Canada
Title/Titre: Overview of public policy, legislation and regulations

(10:50)
DFO Representative

TitleTitre: (unavailable, non disponible)

(11:10)
Yves Bastien
Office of the Commissioner for Aquaculture Development, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Ottawa, Canada
Title/Titre: Modernizing the legal framework for aquaculture

(11:30)
Roland Cormier
Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Moncton, NB, Canada
Title/Titre: The necessity and challenges of assuming quality control

(11:50)
Michel C. Poirier and R. H. Sweeney
Lawyer, Moncton, NB, Canada, and Director of Operations & Development, Cooke Aquaculture Inc.
Title/Titre: Growers rights and responsibilities in aquaculture

(12:10)
Terry Hutchinson
Title/Titre: Challenges presented by the current legal framework 

FRESHWATER FINFISH AQUACULTURE : ALTERNATE SPECIES
Monday, May 29, 2000
2:00 - 3:30
Room: C
Chair: Pierre Rioux (Aquarium and Marine Centre, Shippagan)

(2:00)
Frank. A. Chapman
Associate Professor, University of Florida, USA
Title/Titre: Sturgeon farming

(2:30)
Paul Soucy
Canadian Caviar Co., Saint John, NB, Canada
Title/Titre: unavailable

(2:50)
Patrick Burton
Université de Montréal, Département de Sciences Biologiques, C.P. 6128 Succursale Centre-ville, Montréal, Québec, H3C 3J7, Canada
Title/Titre: Pisciculture de perchaude au Québec : les premiers pas

(3:10)
Annie Ferguson et Yves Boulanger
Ministère des Pêches et Aquaculture, 100 rue de l'Aquarium, Shippagan, N.-B., E8S 1H9, Canada et Pisciculture Alléghanys Inc., 2755 Grande Ligne, St-Philémon, Québec, G0R 4A0, Canada
Title/Titre: Programme de sélection pour l'omble chevalier à l'Aquarium et Centre Marin de Shippagan (N.-B.) : perspectives d'avenir et situation des provinces de l'est du Canada

SCALLOP CULTURE AND ENHANCEMENT
Monday, May 29, 2000
2:00 - 3:30
Room: B 
Chair: Jay Parsons (Fisheries and Marine Institute, MUN)

(2:00)
M. Dadswell
Department of Biology, Acadia University, Wolfville, NS, B0P 1X0, Canada
Title/Titre : Pragmatic approaches to the culture of sea scallops: a review of the situation in Atlantic Canada

(2:30)
Bruno Frenette
Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University of Newfoundland, P. O. 4920 St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, A1C 5R3
Title/Titre : Salinity-temperature tolerance of juvenile giant scallops, Placopecten magellanicus 

(2:50) 
M. Fréchette
Institut Maurice-Lamontagne, Ministère des Pêches et des Océans, C.P. 1000, Mont-Joli, Québec, Canada, G5H 3Z4
Title/Titre : Growth, survival and directional asymmetry of the shell of Iceland scallops grown under various conditions in the field

(3:10)
Anne Veniot
Université de Moncton, Moncton, NB, Canada, E1C 5X9
Title/Titre : Morphology of sea scallop feeding organs during postlarval development

THE AQUACULTURE COMMUNICATIONS CHALLENGE : GETTING OUR MESSAGE ACROSS - SPECIAL FORUM
Monday, May 29, 2000
2:00 - 3:30
Room: A
Chair: David Conley (Office of the Commissioner for Aquaculture Development)

Anne McMullin
Executive Director of the BC Salmon Farmers Association, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Title/Titre: (unavailable, non disponible)

Darryl Jory
Chairman of the Communications Committee, Global Aquaculture Alliance, St. Louis, MO, USA 
Title/Titre: (unvailable, non disponible)

Gilles Thériault
President, GTA Consultants Inc., Shediac, NB, Canada
Title/Titre: (unavailable, non disponible)

Kenneth G. Whiting
Executive Vice-President, Summa Strategies Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Title/Titre: (text to come, texte à venir)

Steven Mackinnon
Vice-President, Strategic Communications, Hawk Communications Inc., Moncton, NB, Canada
Title/Titre: (unavailable)

FRESHWATER FINFISH AQUACULTURE: SALMONIDS
Monday, May 29, 2000
4:00 - 5:30
Room: C
Chair: Pierre Dubé (Ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation SORDAC)

(4:00)
Dominique P. Bureau
University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1
Title/Titre: High nutrient-dense (HND) diets for sustainable aquaculture

(4:30)
Yves Comeau
Département des génies civil, géologique et des mines, École Polytechnique, C.P. 6079, Succ. Centre-ville, Montréal, Québec, H3C 3A7, Canada
Title/Titre: Déphosphatation d'effluents piscicoles par marais filtrants

(4:50)
Edward Parker
Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, E3B 6E1, Canada
Title/Titre: Oxygen management at a commerical freshwater recirculating aquaculture system

(5:10)
Matthew Brooks
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada, E3B 5A3
Title/Titre: Solids removal in freshwater recirculating aquaculture systems

HEALTH AND WEALTH - FINFISH
Monday, May 29, 2000
4:00 - 5:30
Room: B
Chair: Anne-Margaret MacKinnon (Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada)

(4:00)
Michael L. Kent
Center for Salmon Disease Research, Department of Microbiology, 220 Nash Hall, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331-3804, USA
Title/Titre : Control strategies for myxozoan and microsporidian infections in netpen-reared salmon

(4:30)
Steve Griffiths
RPC, Fredericton, NB, E3B 6Z9, Canada
Title/Titre : More analogies to war: smart bombs for the perpetual enemy (fish disease that is)

(4:50)
Janet Stone
Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling, FK9 4LA, Scotland
Title/Titre : The duration of efficacy of oral treatment with emamectin benzoate to control sea lice, Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Krøyer) infestation in atlantic salmon Salmo salar L.

(5:10)
Simon R. M. Jones
Aqua Health Ltd., 37 McCarville Street, Charlottetown, PE, C1E 2A7, Canada
Title/Titre : Horizontal transmission of infectious salmon anaemia virus (ISAV) among freshwater-reared atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

WHAT THE INDUSTRY NEEDS WITH RESPECT TO TRAINING AND EDUCATION IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM
Monday, May 29, 2000
4:00 - 5:30
Room: A
Chair: Michael Burt (Huntsman Marine Science Centre)

(4:00)
Brad Hicks
Executive Vice-President, Taplow Feeds, BC, Canada
Title/Titre : Fishfarming education - a mentoring program

(4:30)
Brian D. Glebe
Atlantic Salmon Broodstock Development Program, Huntsman Marine Science Centre, St. Andrews, NB, E5B 2L7, Canada
Title/Titre : Hatchery management and the challenge of technological change

(4:50)
Gordie Eldridge
Manager and CEO, Eldridge Fisheries Ltd., Beaver Harbour, NB, Canada
Title/Titre : Practicing good husbandry on sea cages

(5:10)
Brian Blanchard
General Manager, Scotian Halibut Ltd., Clark's Harbour, NB, Canada
Title/Titre : New and changing needs for new and changing species

SALMON FARMING IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Tuesday, May 30th, 2000
10:20 - 12:30
Room: B
Chair: Tillmann Benfey (University of New Brunswick)

(10:20)
Tillmann Benfey
Session Introduction

(10:30)
Jim Dunphy
Chief Operating Officer, Cooke Aquaculture
Title/Titre : Salmon Farming in the 21st Century - An Industry Perspective

(10:50)
Brian D. Glebe
Atlantic Salmon Broodstock Development Program, Huntsman Marine Science Centre, St. Andrews, NB, E5B 2L7, Canada
Title/Titre : Salmon breeding in the 21st century

(11:10)
Shannon K. Balfry
West Vancouver Laboratory, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, W. Vancouver, BC, V7V 1N6, Canada
Title/Titre : The effect of dietary lipids on the immune response of cultured finfish

(11:30) 
Fred H. Page
Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Ocean Sciences Division, Biological Station, St. Andrews, NB, E5B 2L9, Canada
Title/Titre : Oceanography and sustainable finfish aquaculture in Southwest New Brunswick

(11:50)
Paul Harmon
Biological Station, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, St. Andrews, NB, E5B 2L9, Canada
Title/Titre : The seawater performance of out of season (0+) atlantic salmon smolts

(12:10)
Robyn O'keefe
Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, E3B 6E1, Canada
Title/Titre : The effect of transportation and handling on the hematology of diploid and triploid Atlantic salmon

GROWTH IN MUSSEL FARMING
Tuesday, Mai 30th, 2000
10:20 - 12:30
Room: C
Chair: Bruno Myrand (Ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation)

(10:20)
Carter R. Newell
Great Eastern Mussel Farms, P.O. Box 141, Tenants Hbr., Me, 04860, USA, Pemaquid Oyster Co., Damariscotta, Maine, University of New Brunswick, St. John, New Brunswick, Canada
Title/Titre : Ways to maintain and increase sustainable mussel culture based on available information: a millenial perspective

(10:50)
Réjean Tremblay
Ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation, Centre aquicole marin de Grande-Rivière, Québec, Canada
Title/Titre : Genetic variability of blue mussels and the impacts of culture practices

(11:10)
John Brake
Department of Health Management, Atlantic Veterinary College, UPEI, C1A 4P3, Canada
Title/Titre : Hatchery production of mussel seed: a future trend in mussel culture?

(11:30)
John Bonardelli
GRT Aqua-Technologies, Gaspé, Québec, Canada
Title/Titre : Offshore mariculture : logistical considerations for socking mussels and operating submerged longline structures

(11:50)
Cyr Couturier
Centre for Aquaculture and Seafood Development, Marine Institute of Memorial University, Box 4920, St. John's, NF, Canada, A1C 5R3
Title/Titre : A Practical approach to enhancing cultured mussel production capacity

(12:10)
M. Dowd, R. Losier, F. H. Page, G. Bugden, P. McCurdy and M. Ringuette
Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Ocean Sciences Division, Biological Station, St. Andrews, NB, E5B 2L9, Canada
Title/Titre : Oceanography and shellfish carrying capacity with application to Tracadie Bay, P.E.I.

AQUACULTURE AND ITS IMPORTANCE TO INTERGRATED COASTAL ZONE DEVELOPMENT- SPECIAL SESSION
Tuesday, May 30th , 2000
10:20 - 12:30
Room: A
Chair: Simon Courtenay (Department of Fisheries and Oceans)

(10:20)
Harald Rosenthal
Institute for Marine Sciences, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Title/Titre : Aquaculture and Its Role in Integrated Coastal Zone Management

(10:50)
Maurice Beaudin
CRDR, Université de Moncton, Moncton, NB, E1A 3E9, Canada
Title/Titre : La filière aquacole dans l'est canadien: étendue et apport socio-économique

(11:10)
Brian Ives
President, Nova Aquaculture, Truro, NS, Canada
Title/Titre : The Politics of aquatic farming - development as if people mattered

(11:30)
André St.-Hilaire
Environmental Sciences Research Centre, Université de Moncton, Moncton, NB, Canada
Title/Titre : Richibucto Environment and Resource Enhancement Project

(11:50)
Edward Black
Policy Planning and Aquaculture Development, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Courtenay, BC, Canada
Title/Titre : Aquaculture and Integrated Resource Management On Canada's Pacific Coast

(12:10)
Jeff Thomas
Product Development, Unique Seafoods, Ltd., Nanaimo First Nations, Nanaimo, BC, Canada CRDR, Université de Moncton, Moncton, NB, E1A 3E9, Canada
Title/Titre : First Nations Aquaculture in British Columbia - Opportunities ands Challenges

GENERAL AQUACULTURE
Tuesday, May 30th, 2000
10:20 - 11:00
Room: D
Chair: Debbie Martin-Robichaud (Department of Fisheries and Oceans) 

(10:20)
Terrence McCallum
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, E3B 5A3, Canada
Title/Titre : Saltwater recirculation systems for land-based farming of atlantic halibut (hippoglossus hippoglossus)

(10:40)
Éric Tamigneaux
Centre spécialisé des pêches, 167, la Grande Allée Est, C.P. 220, Grande-Rivière, Québec, G0C 1V0, Canada
Title/Titre : Aquiculture et formation à distance: la télématique et la vidéoconférence peuvent-elles répondre aux besoins de formatoin des aquiculteurs?

REPRODUCTIVE PHYSIOLOGY OF FINFISH
Tuesday, May 30th, 2000
11:00 - 12:40
Room: D
Chair: Debbie Martin-Robichaud (Department of Fisheries and Oceans)

(11:00)
Doris Smith
Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, E3B 6E1, Canada
Title/Titre : Reproductive physiology of three year classes of female diploid and triploid brook trout

(11:20)
Charles Sacobie
Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, E3B 6E1, Canada
Title/Titre : Use of androgens to control sexual differenciation in brook trout

(11:40)
Anthony J. Manning
Ocean Sciences Centre, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, A1C 5S7
Title/Titre : The timing of puberty in cultured yellowtail flounder (Pleuronectes ferrugineus (Storer))

(12:00)
David Gillett
Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, B3H 4H7
Title/Titre : The effect of body size on the antibody response of haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)

(12:20)
Debbie J. Martin-Robichaud
Fisheries and Oceans, Biological Station, 531 Brandy Cove Road, St. Andrews, NB, E5B 2L9, Canada
Title/Titre : Gonadotropin-releasing hormone affects sperm production of atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus)

MARINE FINFISH NUTRITION
Tuesday, May 30th, 2000
2:00 - 3:30
Room: D
Chair : John Castell (Department of Fisheries and Oceans)

(2:00)
Chris Langdon 
Coastal Oregon Marine Experimental Station, Hatfield Marine Science Center, Oregon State University, Newport, Oregon, 97365, USA
Title/Titre : Microparticle types for the delivery of artificial diets to marine fish larvae and other marine suspension-feeders

(2:30)
Sean M. Tibbets
Institute for Marine Biosciences, National Research Council of Canada, 1411 Oxford Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, B3H 3Z1
Title/Titre : Utilization of major dietary nutrients by juvenile haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)

(2:50)
Prabir K. Roy 
Biology Department, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, B3H 4J1
Title/Titre : Phosphorus nutrition of haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus): quantitative requirement, deficiency signs and waste output

(3:10)
C. C. Ossai 
Pee Wee Fisheries Limited, Suite B175 Durbar Business Complex, Badagry Expressway, Lagos, Nigeria
Title/Titre : Effects of different diets (natural and artificial) on growth, nutrient utilization and survival of Clarias gariepinus fry stage

OYSTER CULTURE: A GROWING PERSPECTIVE
Tuesday, May 30th, 2000
2:00 - 3:30
Room: C
Chair: Denise Méthé (NB Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture)

(2:00)
Mark Luckenbach
Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary, Gloucester Point, Virginia, USA
Title/Titre : From Fishing to Farming: of Shellfish Aquaculture in Virginia

(2:30)
Léon Lanteigne
SenPaq Consultants, CP 3308, Tracadie-Sheila, NB, Canada
Title/Titre : Élevage des huîtres dans des poches sur des filières flottantes

(2:50)
Don Bishop
Fukui North America Corporation, P.O. Box 119, 523 Island View Drive, Golden Lake, Ontario, Canada K0J 1X0
Title/Titre : Shellfish husbandry methods that quantify quality, quantity and profitability increases

(3:10)
Charlie Denis
Unama'ki Oyster Farm, Eskasoni Fish & Wildlife Commission, Bras d'Or Lakes, Cape Breton, NS, Canada
Title/Titre : Oyster Cultivation at Gillis Cove Oyster Research Station, NS

INTERACTIONS BETWEEN AQUACULTURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Tuesday, May 30th, 2000
2:00 - 3:30
Room: B
Chair: Gilles Miron (Université de Moncton)

(2:00)
Roger Mann
College of William and Mary, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, VA, 23062, USA
Title/Titre : Restoring the oyster reef communities in Chesapeake Bay: it's not just the fishery anymore

(2:30)
James E. Stewart
Marine Environmental Sciences Division, Oceans Branch, Department of Fisheries & Oceans, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, PO Box 1006, Dartmouth, NS, B2Y 4A2, Canada
Title/Titre : Selected interactions between aquaculture and the environment

(2:50)
David J. Wildish
Fisheries & Oceans Canada, Biological Station, 531 Brandy Cove Road, St. Andrews, NB, E5B 2L9, Canada
Title/Titre : Sedimentary changes at a Bay of Fundy salmon farm associated with site fallowing

(3:10)
Murray N. Charlton
National Water Research Institute, Environment Canada, P.O. Box 5050, Burlington, Ontario, L7R 4A6, Canada
Title/Titre : Freshwater aquaculture water quality studies in Ontario

FINFISH NUTRITION
Tuesday, May 30th, 2000
3:50 - 5:30
Room: D
Chair: John Castell (Department of Fisheries and Oceans)

(3:50)
Alisha V. Giberson 
Centre for Coastal Studies and Aquaculture, Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick Saint John, Saint John, NB, Canada
Title/Titre : Importance of feeding frequencies in growth maximization of juvenile shortnose sturgeon (Acipencer brevirostrum)

(4:10)
Gavin Downing
Department of Biology and Centre for Coastal Studies and Aquaculture, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, E2L 4L5
Title/Titre : Influence of spectral composition on first feeding, growth, and survival of larval haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)

(4:30)
Laura C. Halfyard
Aquaculture, School of Fisheries, Marine Institute of Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NF, Canada, A1C 5R3
Title/Titre : Fatty acid and amino acid profiles of eggs from the common wolffish, Anarhichas lupus

(4:50)
U. D. Enyidi 
Fisheries and Hydrobiology Research Unit, Department of Zoology, University of Nigeria
Nsukka, Nigeria
Title/Titre : Growth and nutritional effects of Bambara Nut Waste Meal (BNWM) on the first feeding fry of African catfish (Clarias gariepinus, Burchell 1822)

(5:10)
Roopma Gandotra
P.G. Department of Zoology, University of Jammu, Jammu - 180006, (J&K) India
Title/Titre : Evalutation of the potential of using HCG (Human Chorionic Ganadotropin) versus CPE (Carp Pituitary Extract) to enhance the growth and reproduction of Punitius sophore (Ham)

INTERGRATING PLANTS TO AQUACULTURE SYSTEMS FOR SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES
Tuesday, May 30th, 2000
3:50 - 5:30
Room: C
Chair: Thierry Chopin (University of New Brunswick)

(3:50)
Thierry Chopin
University of New Brunswick, Centre for Coastal Studies and Aquaculture, Department of Biology, P.O. Box 5050, Saint John, New Brunswick, E2L 4L5, Canada
Title/Titre : Nutrients, fish, and seaweeds: integrating 'fed' and 'extractive' aquaculture for bioremediation of coastal nutrification

(4:20)
Alejandro H. Buschmann
Departamento de Acuicultura, Universidad de Los Lagos, Casilla 933, Osorno, Chile
Title/Titre : Integrated cultivation of salmon and seaweed: productive, environmental and economical issues

(4:40)
Brian H. Ives
President, Nova Aquaculture, Truro, NS, Canada
Title/Titre : Making aquatic plants useful: waste-water management systems for salmonid hatcheries

(5:00)
Alejandro H. Buschmann
Departamento de Acuicultura, Universidad de Los Lagos, Casilla 933, Osorno, Chile
Title/Titre : Aquaculture development in Chile: advances and challenges for the future

(5:20)
Catherine Têtu
Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Moncton, NB, Canada
Title/Titre : Sea scallop Placopecten magellanicus spat density and growth for southeastern Northumberland Strait in 1998 and 1999

FINFISH HEALTH
Tuesday, May 30th, 2000
3:50 - 5:30
Room: B
Chair: Anne-Margaret Mackinnon (Department of Fisheries and Oceans)

(3:50)
Jennifer M. Ramsey
Department of Pathology & Microbiology, Atlantic Veterinary College, Charlottetown, PE, C1A 4P3, Canada
Title/Titre: Factors affecting the pathogenesis of Loma salmonae, a microsporidian parasite of farmed salmonids

(4:10)
Joy Becker
Atlantic Veterinary College, Charlottetown, PE, C1A 4P3, Canada
Title/Titre: Therapeutic approaches to treating the microsporidian gill parasite, Loma salmonae

(4:30)
Mark D. Fast
University of Prince Edward Island, Atlantic Veterinary College, 550 University Avenue, Charlottetown, PEI, C1A 2E9, Canada
Title/Titre: Interactions between sea lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) and salmonid mucus: comparison of three host species (rainbow trout, coho and Atlantic salmon)

(4:50)
Jessica I. Cardinal
Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4H6, Canada
Title/Titre: Do altantic salmon (Salmo salar) and Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus) have similar innate immune responses to the bacterial pathogen Aeromonas salmonicida?

(5:10)
Salam A. Al-Ablani
Mariculture and Fisheries Department, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, P.O. Box 1638 Salmiya, 22017, Kuwait
Title/Titre: Histological events of the natural sex change in a protandrous hermaphrodite (Sparidentex hasta)

EMERGING MARINE FINFISH AQUACULTURE
Wednesday, May 31st, 2000
10:20 - 12:30
Room: D
Chair: Joe Brown (Ocean Sciences Centre, MUN)

(10:20)
Edward A. Trippel
Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Biological Station, St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada, E5B 2L9
Title/Titre : Use of broodstock mating techniques to improve gadoid culture

(10:50)
Stewart C. Johnson
Institute for Marine Biosciences, National Research Council of Canada, 1411 Oxford St., Halifax, Nova Scotia,
Canada, B3H 3Z1
Title/Titre : The effects of different feeding regimes on haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) larval development and survival

(11:10)
Nick P. Brown
R&R Finfish Development Ltd., Nova Scotia, Canada, B0V 1E0
Title/Titre : Progress in atlantic halibut farming in the Maritimes

(11:30)
V. Puvanendran
Huntsman Marine Science Centre, St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada, E5B 2L7
Title/Titre : Ecological and behavioural approach - a solution for finfish larviculture mysteries?

(11:50)
Matthew K. Litvak
Centre for Coastal Studies and Aquaculture & Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick, PO Box 5050, Saint John, NB, E2L 4L5, Canada
Title/Titre : The development of winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus) for aquaculture: rumors, myths, and reality

(12:10)
Chris Hendry
Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, E3B 6E1, Canada, Biological Station, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada
Title/Titre : Hormonal production of all-female Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus, L.) - effects of sex steroids on sexual differentiation

BIOLOGY OF INVERTEBRATES
Wednesday, May 31st, 2000
10:30 - 11:30
Room: C
Chair: Claire Martin (Centre de Recherche et Développement des Produits Marins Inc.)

(10:30)
Nicole T. Brun
Département de Biologie, Université de Moncton, Moncton, Nouveau-Brunswick, E1A 3E9, Canada
Title/Titre : Changes in the electrophoretic profiles of gill mucus proteases of the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica in response to infection by the turbellarian Urastoma cyprinae

(10:50)
Lorelei A. Grecian
Botsford Professional Fishermen's Association, 1696 Route 955, Little Shemogue, New Brunswick, Canada, E4M 3M6
Title/Titre : Temporal monitoring of sea scallop, Placopecten magellanicus, spawning and spat settlement in the Northumberland Strait, NB

(11:10)
Nils T. Hagen
Department of Fisheries and Natural Science, Bodø College, N-8049 Bodø, Norway
Title/Titre : Chemically induced paralysis in juvenile sea urchins

THE CULTURE POTENTIAL OF SOME NON-TRADITIONAL INVERTEBRATE SPECIES
Wednesday, May 31st, 2000
11:30 - 12:30
Room: C
Chair: Shawn Robinson (Department of Fisheries and Oceans)

(11:30)
Chris M. Pearce
Ross Island Salmon Ltd., P.O. Box 1304, Grand Manan, NB, Canada, E5G 4M9
Title/Titre : Roe enhancement of the green sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis): the effect of urchin size and diet

(11:50)
Gilles Miron
Département de biologie, Université de Moncton, Moncton, Nouveau-Brunswick, E1A 3E9, Canada
Title/Titre : Looking for new groups on the menu: why not Polychaetes?

(12:10)
Eddy J. Kennedy
Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Biological Station, St. Andrews, NB, Canada, E0G 2X0, Marine Institute, Memorial University, St. John's, NF, Canada, A1C 5R3
Title/Titre : Changes in feed formulation to maximize somatic growth rate of juvenile green sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis)

A NEW LOOK AT MARKETING CULTURED PRODUCTS
Wednesday, May 31st, 2000
10:20 - 12:30
Room: B
Chair: Brian Ives (Nova Aquaculture, NS)

(10:20)
Ken Hirtle
Senior Vice-President and General Manager, Heritage Salmon Company Limited of Connors Bros., Limited, St. John, NB, Canada
Title/Titre : Market growth: issues and obstacles for farmed salmon 

(10:50)
Ruth Levy
Vice President, Stavis Seafoods, Boston, Mass., USA
Title/Titre : The expanding Role of Aquaculture in the United States Marketplace

(11:30)
Don Bishop
President Bishop & Associates, P.O. Box 119, 523 Island View Drive, Golden Lake, Ontario, Canada, K0J 1X0
Title/Titre : How to increase customer purchasing of shellfish and finfish through a recognized retail marketing technique - getting paid for the higher value of your product

(11:50)
Vincent Gallant
Division Vice President, Meat & Seafood, Sobeys - Atlantic Canada
Title/Titre : Opportunities for Increased Partnershipswith the Aquaculture Industry

(12:10)
Roy Butterworth
National Marketing Director, Canadian Federation of Chefs and Cooks, Moncton, NB, Canada
Title/Titre : The professional chef: expectations of the aquaculture industry

HEALTH AND WEALTH - SHELLFISH
Wednesday, May 31st, 2000
2:00 - 3:30
Room: D
Chair: Sharon McGladdery (Department of Fisheries and Oceans)

(2:00)
Franck C. J. Berthe
IFREMER, Laboratoire de Génétique, Aquaculture et Pathologie, BP 133, 17390 La Tremblade, France
Title/Titre : Mollusc health management: the paradigm of marteiliosis

(2:30)
Ryan B. Carnegie and Bruce J. Barber
School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine, USA, 04469
Title/Titre : Evaluation of a PCR assay for detection of Bonamia ostreae in the flat oyster, Ostrea edulis

(2:50)
Gregory S. MacCallum
Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick, Saint John Campus, Saint John, NB, Canada, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Moncton, NB, Canada
Title/Titre : Quahaug parasite X ('QPX') of hard-shell clams, Mercenaria mercenaria (Linn.) and M. mercenaria Var. Notata (Say) in Alantic Canada

(3:10)
Marcel Roussy
Centre aquicole marin, Ministère de l'agriculture, des pêcheries et de l'alimentation du Québec, Université du Québec à Rimouski, Société de développement de la mariculture, Québec, G0C 1V0, Canada
Title/Titre : Mortalité du Pétoncle géant, Placopecten magellanicus : Challenge test sur
différents stocks

POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS ON AQUACULTURE
Wednesday, May 31st, 2000
2:00 - 3:30
Room: C
Chair: Stephen Bates (Department of Fisheries and Oceans)

(2:00)
Donald M. Anderson
Department of Biology, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, USA
Title/Titre : The global problems of harmful algal blooms: impacts on aquaculture and some thoughts on mitigation

(2:30)
Jennifer Martin
Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Biological Station, 531 Brandy Cove Road, St. Andrews, NB, E5B 2L9, Canada
Title/Titre : Aquaculture and Phytoplankton Blooms in the Southwest Bay of Fundy

(2:50)
Claire E. Carver
Mallet Research Services Ltd., 4 Columbo Drive, Dartmouth, NS, Canada, B2X 3H3
Title/Titre : Phytoplankton monitoring in Nova Scotia (1992-1999): risk management for the aquaculture industry

(3:10)
V. Monica Bricelj
National Research Council Canada, Institute for Marine Biosciences, Halifax, NS, Canada, B3H 3Z1
Title/Titre : Impacts of algal biotoxins and their prevention and mitigation in molluscan shellfish


RECIRCULATION TECHNOLOGY
Wednesday, May 31st, 2000
2:00 - 3:30
Room: B
Chair: Dave Scarratt (Scarratt Consultants, NS)

(2:00)
Hélène C. Drouin
Aquabiotech, Coaticook, Quebec, Canada
Title/Titre : Impact of live seafood holding systems on nitrification

(2:30)
Harald Rosenthal
Department of Fishery Biology, Institute for Marine Sciences, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Title/Titre : Ozone use in recirculation systems: applications in various water treatment 
Purposes

(2:50)
B. C. Blanchard
Scotia Halibut, Woods Harbour, NS, Canada
Title/Titre : Land-based cool seawater recirculation

(3:10)
Nareg D. Grigorian
Marine Biotech, Beverly, Massachussetts, USA
Title/Titre : Recirculation systems in short and long term holding systems: shock loads and suspendig animation