1. Facilitated discussion Sea Farmers Conference 2018
Moving the Nova Scotia aquaculture industry forward with Research and Development
2 minute recap of where we have gone over the past couple of days.
How do we best position the industry to “Make Waves” and set the foundation for “Aquaculture’s Next Chapter”?
Opportunities and challenges have been explored
Community engagement – work shop and
Regulatory – updates
Labour – situation analysis, gaps, potential actions/mitigation
Technical -
Facilitated discussion
Sea Farmers Conference 2018

2. Who is here? Roundtable introductions Introduce yourselves
What do you want to get out of today?
Cross section
Industry?
Government?
NGO?
Community?
First Nations?
Consultants?
Academics?

3. Moving the Nova Scotia aquaculture industry forward – What does that mean?
Both funders and the industry want to see sustainable growth in the industry. Reach potential for aquaculture
Potential identified as increase to over $400M industry by 2022 – almost a four fold increase.

4. How can we promote this growth? Remove the barriers
1) Identify the pain points
2) Develop a strategic plan for eliminating/reducing/managing the pain points
One of the obvious ways to promote the growth is to remove its barriers.
We heard to day of some of the work that has been done to do so
Identification of the barriers
-projects to work on the barriers
Funding tools to work on barriers
Before we go through this, I would like to validate the process used
Get some feedback from the audience to ensure that the process achieves the best results.
Proper identification and use of these is critical for eliminating barriers to growth

5. How do we ensure funding can assist with industry pain points?
How do we take advantage of the funding and resources available?
Role of industry
Role of funders
Role of academia, suppliers

6. Industry How do we make sure industry is involved
Correct identification of priorities
Participation in projects
Call on industry
- how do we engage you?

7. Funders How do we ensure industry’s priorities affect decision making
Call on funders, government agencies
- What do you need from industry to make sure their prioirities play into decision making

8. Academics
How do capitalize on the academic wealth and invest it wisely?

9. Pain points Common themes Seedstock – supply, consistency, strain
Site Identification
Community acceptance (mature industries)
Health
Animal/plant (environment, predation, biofouling, disease)
Food safety
Technical issues
Risk management
Feasibility
Additional constraints?

10. Strategic plan What should a strategic plan look like?
Clear definition of problem
Steps to take to resolve problem
Responsibilities of players
Support requirement (funding, facilities, skills)
Support available
***Who manages the plan – follow up

11. Oysters Seed production & redundancy Clear definition of problem
Steps to take to resolve problem
Responsibilities of players
Support requirement (funding, facilities, skills)
Support available
Who follows up

12. Seaweed Market study Clear definition of problem
Steps to take to resolve problem
Players – who, what are their roles?
Support requirement (funding, facilities, skills)
Support available
Who follows up?

13. Mussels Reliability of spat Clear definition of problem
Steps to take to resolve problem
Responsibilities of players
Support requirement (funding, facilities, skills)
Support available
Who follows up

14. Salmon Community acceptance Clear definition of problem
Steps to take to resolve problem
Responsibilities of players
Support requirement (funding, facilities, skills)
Support available
Who follows up?

15. Trout Egg source Clear definition of problem
Steps to take to resolve problem
Responsibilities of players
Support requirement (funding, facilities, skills)
Support available
Who follows up?

16. Striped bass Broodstock Clear definition of problem
Steps to take to resolve problem
Responsibilities of players
Support requirement (funding, facilities, skills)
Support available
Who follows up?

17. Scallops Seed Clear definition of problem
Steps to take to resolve problem
Responsibilities of players
Support requirement (funding, facilities, skills)
Support available
Who follows up?