Presented by: Bruno Frenette
Pecten UPM/MFU Inc. Euclide Chiasson General Manager Maritimes Fishermen’s Union (MFU)
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 I – Scallop Enhancement Project Pecten II – Scallop Aquaculture Project
Background Started in 1996 Master collecting techniques Ensure the profitability of the operations : –Hiring of a consultant biologist –Volunteers participation with financial contribution Scallop shareholders local corporations
Background (cont.) –Three permanent sites for collection and enhancement activities –Development of primary growth techniques –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
Background 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 I Enhancement Collectors Line set-up Enhancement sites
Pecten Phase I Enhancement activities Collection and seeding of spat (in millions) from with 2005 prediction in Miramichi Bay DeploymentRetrievalSeedingNo. of collectors No. of scallops Fall 1999June Oct. 2001May Sept. 2002Oct. 2003May Oct. 2003Oct Total34.34 Oct. 2004(Oct. 2005)5 408(7.9) Total(42.24)
Pecten Phase II Aquaculture Offshore bottom and suspended culture –Three types of culture cages –Three stocks of spat –Three study sites –Study was initialized in October 2004 StockAvg. initial size (mm ± S.D) Bay of Chaleur,NB 8.95 ± 1.75 n = 600 Miramichi, NB12.34 ± 7.23 n = 200 Arichat, NS18.72 ± 2.91 n = 200
Pecten Phase II Future Plant
Problems Encountered –Anchoring –Collector lines
Acknowledgments 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)
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