1. Status Report: Canadian Aquaculture Canada-Chile Implementation Committee, Santiago Meeting, March 18-19, 2013 Dan Lane, Director C-FOAM Research Group Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa

2. Aquaculture* Overview 2010 StatisticsProduction% Finfish World Production59.9 million t66% Asia-Pacific Production53.3 million t65% Americas Production 2.6 million t58% Europe Production 2.5 million t75% Canada Production (2011) 0.163 million t76% March 18, 2013 Canada-Chile Implementation Committee: Aquacultureuclture 2 *All products: finfish (salmon and trout), molluscs, crustaceans, other

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4. Canadian Aquaculture Industry 1.Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance (CAIA) – national industry association 2.Aquaculture Association of Canada (AAC) – oriented to sector R&D 3.Cooke, Inc. – dominant firm in Atlantic Canada (east) 4.Marine Harvest (Canada) – Dominant firm in British Columbia (west) March 18, 2013 Canada-Chile Implementation Committee: Aquacultureuclture 4

5. March 18, 2013 Canada-Chile Implementation Committee: Aquacultureuclture 5 Value Added

6. Technology and Regulatory Marine Atlantic salmon in open-net pens Alternative: Closed containment systems Federal role (1988, 1995) Provincial jurisdiction – licensing and siting Morton Decision (BC) and revert to Federal (2009) Cohen Commission report (BC 2012) March 18, 2013 Canada-Chile Implementation Committee: Aquacultureuclture 6

7. NSERC Aquaculture Research Funding 2000-01 to 2011-12 March 18, 2013 Canada-Chile Implementation Committee: Aquacultureuclture 7 487 projects – $36.7 million

8. CIMTAN: March 18, 2013 Canada-Chile Implementation Committee: Aquacultureuclture 8

9. Aquaculture Issues Regulatory framework – impact of Cohen Commission, Morton Decision Ecosystem/Social impacts from aquaculture – cumulative effects, NIMBY syndrome Market challenges – Public perceptions, genetic modification, feed ratios, wild vs farmed Canada’s links to international networks and associations The “greening” of aquaculture Collaboration and communication March 18, 2013 Canada-Chile Implementation Committee: Aquacultureuclture 9