Post on 01-Jan-2016
Presented by:Presented by:
Bruno FrenetteBruno Frenette
Pecten UPM/MFU Inc. Pecten UPM/MFU Inc.
Euclide Chiasson
General Manager
Maritimes Fishermen’s
Union (MFU)
Pecten UPM/MFU Inc.Pecten UPM/MFU Inc.• Pecten UPM-MFU Inc.
– non-profit organisation.
• Activities
– R & D– authorized with a scientific permit.
• Three local companies:
1) Pétoncle Chaleur Scallop
2) Pétoncle NET Scallop
3) Northern Northumberland Strait Scallop
Pecten UPM/MFU Inc.Pecten UPM/MFU Inc.
Pecten I – Scallop Enhancement Project
Pecten II – Scallop Aquaculture Project
BackgroundBackground• Started in 1996• Master collecting techniques • Ensure the profitability of the operations.
• 1996-2000:
– Hiring of a consultant biologist– Volunteers participation with financial contribution
• Scallop shareholders • local corporations
BackgroundBackground• 1996-2000 (cont.)
– Three permanent sites for collection and enhancement activities
– Development of primary growth techniques
• 2001-2003
– Hiring of a general manager: Euclide Chiasson– Hiring of two captains and their crew – Added new enhancement sites each year – Technical improvements – Bottom types documented
BackgroundBackground
• 2004:
– Technology Watch of the sea scallop– Hiring of a permanent biologist for Pecten phase II – Offshore scallop aquaculture – Aquaculture processing plant planned
Pecten Phase IPecten Phase IEnhancementEnhancement
• Collectors• Line set-up • Enhancement
sites
Detroit
Collecteurs
Ensemencement
Ensemencement
I.-P.-É.
Collecteurs
Ensemencement 2000
MiramichiNouveau-Brunswick
Collecteurs
Baie des ChaleursEnsemencement 2001-2003
0 30 60
kilometres
Pecten Phase IPecten Phase I• Enhancement activities
Collection and seeding of spat (in millions) from 1999-2004 with 2005 prediction in Miramichi Bay
Deployment Retrieval Seeding No. of collectors
No. of scallops
Fall 1999 June 2001 June 2001 1 550 0.38
Oct. 2001 May 2003 May 2003 5 040 0.34
Sept. 2002 Oct. 2003 May 2004 11 520 8.21
Oct. 2003 Oct. 2004 Oct. 2004 9 360 25.41
Total 34.34
Oct. 2004 (Oct. 2005) 5 408 (7.9)
Total (42.24)
Pecten Phase IIPecten Phase IIAquacultureAquaculture
Offshore bottom and suspended culture
– Three types of
culture cages– Three stocks of spat– Three study sites– Study was initialized in
October 2004
Stock Avg. initial size (mm ± S.D)
Bay of Chaleur,NB
8.95 ± 1.75
n = 600
Miramichi, NB 12.34 ± 7.23
n = 200
Arichat, NS 18.72 ± 2.91
n = 200
Pecten Phase IIPecten Phase IIFuture PlantFuture Plant
Problems EncounteredProblems Encountered
– Anchoring
– Collector lines
AcknowledgmentsAcknowledgments
• The Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
• NB Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Aquaculture (DAFA)
• Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA)
• National Research Council Canada (NRC)• New Brunswick Training Group Inc. (NBTGI)
Thank you