2. Presented by: Bruno Frenette

3. Pecten UPM/MFU Inc. Euclide Chiasson General Manager Maritimes Fishermen’s Union (MFU)

4. 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

5. Pecten UPM/MFU Inc. Pecten I – Scallop Enhancement Project Pecten II – Scallop Aquaculture Project

6. Background 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

7. Background 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

8. Background 2004: –Technology Watch of the sea scallop –Hiring of a permanent biologist for Pecten phase II –Offshore scallop aquaculture –Aquaculture processing plant planned

9. Pecten Phase I Enhancement Collectors Line set-up Enhancement sites

10. Pecten Phase I Enhancement activities Collection and seeding of spat (in millions) from 1999-2004 with 2005 prediction in Miramichi Bay DeploymentRetrievalSeedingNo. of collectors No. of scallops Fall 1999June 2001 1 5500.38 Oct. 2001May 2003 5 0400.34 Sept. 2002Oct. 2003May 200411 5208.21 Oct. 2003Oct. 2004 9 36025.41 Total34.34 Oct. 2004(Oct. 2005)5 408(7.9) Total(42.24)

11. 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

12. Pecten Phase II Future Plant

13. Problems Encountered –Anchoring –Collector lines

14. 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)

15. Thank you