Research and Services that Support Healthy Aquatic Ecosystems

Projects

Current Projects

• Quinsam Plankton Monitoring Study
• Effects of stress on Kudoa thyrsites expression in Atlantic salmon
• Assessing the feasibility of integrated management plan for Kudoa thyrsites
• Assessment of the inhibitory concentration (IC50) of common disinfectants
• Test and evaluation of a commercial-scale ultraviolet effluent water disinfection system for fish processing plants
• Inhibiting the post-harvest effects of Kudoa thyrsites infection
• Defining the ecological and immunological roles of sea lice in the development of pathogens among farmed salmonids
• Wild Fish Sea Lice Monitoring

Past Projects and Areas of Research Interest

• Pink Salmon Fish Health
• LOMA project
• Farmed salmon welfare
• Streamkeepers water analysis
• Shellfish health
• Idaho State University - diagnostics
• Bamfield animal health
• BKD - Water testing
• Whole Foods - Sablefish Purchasing Standards
• Aboriginal Student Exchange - NIWA, NIC
• Gitxaala environmental monitoring - GEMS
• New Diagnostics for IHNV
• Effect of rearing density on fish health