HADDOCK RESEARCH CONTRAINTS

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HADDOCK RESEARCH CONTRAINTS
MARINE FINFISH COMMERCIALIZATION FORUM FEBRUARY
2004 ST. JOHNS NEWFOUNDLAND
Presentation by Carole Lanteigne Department of
Agriculture, Fisheries and Aquaculture
February 11, 2004
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HADDOCK RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Broodstock, First hatchery trials

• 1993-1995

Haddock Hatchery Production at the AMC and NRC
1998
Currently producing over 120, 000 juveniles
2003
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HADDOCK RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
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HADDOCK RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
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HADDOCK RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
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CURRENT HADDOCK RD INITIATIVES

• Optimization of hatchery rearing strategy. NRC,
  CMS, SABS

• Probiotic treatment development for marine fish
  larvae. RPC

• Effect of Artemia disinfection on its
  nutritional composition and bacterial
• loading. CMC-CRDPM

• Nutritional strategies to improve lipid
  utilization in diets for
• commercially important Canadian finfish
  species. NRC-IMB, DFO, UBC, MUN

• The biology pathogenesis and epizootiology of
  nodavirus strains found in
• Atlantic cod and haddock. NRC-IMB, UW, UPEI,
  DFO

• Seasonal effects on immune function, stress and
  metabolism of haddock and
• Atlantic cod. MUN, UW, NRC-IMB, UBC, NAFC

• Haddock/Halibut pathogen monitoring. RPC

• Haddock ISAv infectivity trial. RPC
• Ozone disiinfection of marine fish eggs for
  eradication of bacteria and vertically
  transmitted disease such as piscine nodavirus.
  SABS

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PRESENT CHALLENGE

• Need commercialization program to make research
• relevant for the industry.