Sustainable Aquaculture Research in BC

DFO Publications Related to Fish Health and Salmon Aquaculture
2003-2007

This list was compiled for reference of the Special Committee on Sustainable Aquaculture in British Columbia. A full list of all research pertaining to the Broughton Archipelago (sea lice, etc) is available from The Pacific Salmon Forum.

Beamish, R.J., S. Jones, C. Neville, R. Sweeting, G. Karreman, S. Saksida, and E. Gordon. 2006. Exceptional
    marine survival of pink salmon that entered the marine environment in 2003 suggests that farmed Atlantic
    salmon and Pacific salmon can coexist successfully in a marine ecosystem on the Pacific coast of Canada.
    ICES J. Mar. Sci. 63: 1326-1337.)

Beamish, R.J., Neville, C.M., Sweeting, R.M., and Ambers, N.J. 2005. Sea lice on adult Pacific salmon in the
    coastal waters of Central British Columbia, Canada. Fisheries Research 76: 198-208.
 
Beamish, R.J., Jones, S., Neville, C., Sweeting, R., Karreman, G., Saksida, S., Gordon, E. 2006. Exceptional
    marine survival of pink salmon that entered the marine environment in 2003 suggests that farmed Atlantic
    salmon and Pacific salmon can coexist successfully in a marine ecosystem on the Pacific coast of Canada.
    ICES Journal of Marine Science. 63: 1326-1337.
 
Beamish, R.J., Neville, C.M, Sweeting, R.M., Jones, S.R.M., Ambers, N., Gordon, E.K., Hunter, K.L., McDonald,
    T.E., and Johnson, S.C. 2006. A proposed life history strategy for the salmon louse, Lepeophtheirus
    salmonis, in the subarctic Pacific. (submitted to Aquaculture Jun 2006)
    Beamish, R.J., Neville, C.M., and Sweeting, R.M. 2004. Sea lice counts on Adult Pacific salmon caught in the
    Central Coast of British Columbia using trawl and troll gear. (NPAFC Doc. 819), Fisheries & Oceans Canada,
    Science Branch – Pacific Region, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, B.C., Canada, V9T 6N7.
 
Beamish, R.J., Neville, C.M., Sweeting, R.M., Ambers, N. & Gordon, E.K. 2005. Adult Pacific Salmon are a Major
    Source of Sea lice in Coastal Ecosystems. Extended abstract. In Lessons from the Past to Optimize the
    Future. Aquaculture Europe 2005, Trondheim, Norway, August 5-9, 2005, pp. 127-128. (extended abstract)
 
Beamish, R.J. Ambers, N., Hunter, K., Neville, C. 2005. A comparison of sea lice on individually caught adult
    Pacific salmon in the coastal waters of British Columbia in August of 2004 and 2005. October 2005. NPAFC
    Doc. 874. Fisheries & Oceans Canada, Science Branch – Pacific Region, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo,
    B.C. V9T 6N7, Canada.
 
Beamish, R.J., Ambers, N., Hunter, K. 2005. Sea lice counts on Pacific salmon caught in the Central North
    Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea aboard the R/V Waketake maru using gillnets and long line gear in July 2005.
    October 2005. NPAFC Doc. 873. Fisheries & Oceans Canada, Science Branch – Pacific Region, Pacific
    Biological Station, Nanaimo, B.C. V9T 6N7, Canada.

Bower, S.M., R.B. Carnegie, B. Goh, S.R.M. Jones, G. Lowe & M. Mak. 2004. Preferential amplification of
    parasitic protistan small subunit rDNA from metazoan tissues. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 51: 325
    332.
 
Brooks, K. M. and D. J. Stucchi. (2006). The effects of water temperature, salinity and currents on the
    survival and distribution of the infective copepodid stage of sea lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) originating
    on Atlantic salmon farms in the Broughton Archipelago of British Columbia, Canada (Brooks, 2005) - A
    response to the rebuttal of Krkosek et al. (2005a). Rev. Fish. Sci. 14: 13-23.
 
Chamberlain, J., D. Stucchi, L. Lu and C. Levings. 2005. The suitability of DEPOMOD for use in the management
    of finfish aquaculture sites, with specific reference to Pacific Region. DFO Can. Sci. Advis. Sec. Res. Doc.
    2005/035.

Cooke, S.J., S.G. Hinch, A.P. Farrell, M. Lapointe, S.R.M. Jones, S. Macdonald, D. Patterson, M.C. Healey, G.
    Van Der Kraak. 2004. Abnormal migration timing and high enroute mortality of sockeye salmon in the Fraser
    River, British Columbia. Fisheries 29: 22-33.

Fast, M.D., Johnson, S.C. & Jones, S.R.M. 2007. Differential expression of the proinflammatory cytokines IL
    1β-1, TNFα-1 and IL-8 in vaccinated pink (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) and chum (Oncorhynchus keta)
    salmon juveniles. Fish and Shellfish Immunology 22:403-407.
 
Foreman, M.G.G., D.J. Stucchi, Y. Zhang, and A.M. Baptista. 2006. Estuarine and tidal currents in the
    Broughton Archipelago. Atmosphere-Ocean, 44(1): 47-63.
 
Funk, V, M. Raap, K. Sojonky, S. Jones, J. Robinson, C. Falkenberg, and K. Miller. (In review) Development and
    validation of an RNA- and DNA-based quantitative PCR assay for the quantitative detection of Kudoa
    thyrsites (Gilchrist) in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Dis. Aquatic Org.
 
Funk, V.A., S. Wu, C. Young, H. Kreiberg, K. Taylor & S.R.M. Jones. 2004. The effect of IP vaccination and SW
    entry on immunocompetence and susceptibility to Kudoa thrysites in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Fish and
    Shellfish Immunology 17: 375-387.
 
IIkonomou, M.G., D.A Higgs, M. Gibbs, J. Oakes, B. Skura, S. McKinley, S.K. Balfry, S. Jones, R. Withler and C.
    Dubetz. 2006. Flesh quality of market-size farmed and wild British Columbia salmon. Environmental Science
    & Technology: (in press).
 
Jones, S., E. Kim, and S. Dawe. 2006b. Experimental infections with Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Kroyer) on
    threespine sticklebacks, Gasterosteus aculeatus L., and juvenile Pacific salmon, Oncorhynchus spp. J. Fish
    Diseases 29: 489-495.
 
Jones, S.R.M., G. Prosperi-Porta, E. Kim, P. Callow, and N.B. Hargreaves. 2006a. The occurrence of
    Lepeophtheirus salmonis and Caligus clemensi (Copepoda: Caligidae) on Three-spine Stickleback
    Gasterosteus aculeatus in coastal British Columbia. J. Parasitol. 92: 473-480.
 
Jones, S.R.M., Prosperi-Porta, G. & Dawe, S. A new parvicapsulid (Myxosporea) species in adult pink salmon,
    Oncorhynchus gorbuscha from the Quinsam River, British Columbia, Canada. Journal of Parasitology (in
    press).

Jones, S.R.M., W. Wosniok, N.B. Hargreaves. 2006. The salmon louse Lepeophtheirus salmonis on salmonid and
    non-salmonid fishes in British Columbia, Canada. International Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and
    Economics. Cairns, Australia (Contributed paper). In The Proceedings from the International Symposium on
    Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics XI, Cairns, Australia.

Jones, S.R.M., Fast, M.D. & Johnson, S.C. 2007. Earlier rejection of Lepeophtheirus salmonis from pink salmon
    Oncorhynchus gorbuscha compared with chum salmon O. keta associated with expression of
    proinflammatory genes. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 2007.

Jones, S.R.M., G. Prosperi-Porta, S. Dawe, J. Blackbourn, K. Taylor, G. Lowe & A. Osborn. 2004. Proliferative
    renal myxosporidiosis in adult coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) in British Columbia and Washington. Folia
    Parasitologica 51: 221-227.

Jones, S.R.M., G. Prosperi-Porta, S. Dawe, K. Taylor, B. Goh. 2004. Parvicapsula minibicornis in anadromous
    sockeye (Oncorhynchus nerka) and coho (Oncorhynchus kisutch) salmon from tributaries of the Columbia
    River. Journal of Parasitology 90: 882-885.

Jones, S. R. M., and A. Nemec. 2004. Pink salmon action plan: sea lice on juvenile salmon and some non
    salmonid species in the Broughton Archipelago in 2003. Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat Research
    Document 2004/105. Fisheries and Oceans Canada. 87p.
 
Kim, J.E., R.E. Withler, C. Ritland and K.M. Cheng. 2004. Genetic variation within and between domesticated
    chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) strains and their progenitor populations. Environmental Biology
    of Fishes 69: 371-378.
 
Marty, G.D., G.A. Karreman and S. Jones. (2006) Prevalence and seasonality of new pathogens in juvenile
    salmonids from inner coastal British Columbia, Canada. 47th Western Fish Disease Workshop, Victoria, B.C.
    (abstract).
 
McVicar AH, Olivier G, Traxler GS, Jones S, Kieser D, MacKinnon A-M. 2006. Cultured and wild fish disease
    interactions in the Canadian marine environment. In, A Scientific Review of the Potential Environmental
    Effects of Aquaculture in Aquatic Ecosystems. Volume IV Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Pg 59-103.
 
Miller, K. M., K. Kaukinen, S. Li, T. Farrell, and D. Patterson. 2006. Expression profiling of late run sockeye
    salmon: Migration physiology uncovered using cDNA microarray technology. American Fisheries Society
    Symposium 53: (in press).
 
Miller, K.M, S. Li, T.J. Ming, K.H. Kaukinen, and A.D. Schulze. 2006. The salmonid MHC class I: More ancient
    loci uncovered. Immunogenetics 58: 571-589.
 
Miller, K.M., G. Traxler, K.H. Kaukinen, S. Li, J. Richard and N. Ginther. (In review) A cDNA microarray study of
    Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) response to Infectious Hematopoietic Necrosis (IHN) virus. Aquaculture
 
Miller, K.M., J.R. Winton, A. Schulze, M.K. Purcell, and T. Ming. 2004. Major Histocompatibility Complex loci are
    associated with susceptibility of Atlantic salmon to infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus. Environmental
    Biology of Fishes 69: 307-316.
 
Miller, K.M., K.J. Supernault, S. Li, and R.E. Withler. 2006. Population structure in two marine invertebrate
    species (Panopea abrupta and Stronylocentrotus franciscanus) targeted for aquaculture and enhancement
    in British Columbia. Journal of Shellfish Research 25: 33-42.
 
Rajakaruna, R.S., J.A. Brown, K.H. Kaukinen, and K.M. Miller. 2006. Major histocompatibility complex and kin
    discrimination in Atlantic salmon and Brook trout. Molecular Ecology 15: 4569-4575.

Rise, M.L., S.R.M. Jones, G.D. Brown, K.R. von Schalburg, W.S. Davidson, & B. F. Koop. 2004. Microarray
    analyses identify molecular biomarkers of Atlantic salmon macrophage and hematopoietic kidney response to
    Piscirickettsia salmonis infection. Physiological Genomics 20: 21-35.

Rise, M.L., K. R. von Schalburg, G.D. Brown, M.A. Mawer, R.H. Devlin, N. Kuipers, M. Busby, M. Beetz-Sargent,
    R. Alberto, A.R. Gibbs, P. Hunt, R. Shukin, J.A. Zeznik, C. Nelson, S.R.M. Jones, D.E. Smailus, S. J. M. Jones,
    J.E. Schein, M.A. Marra, Y. S. N. Butterfield, J. M. Stott, S. Ng, W. S. Davidson & B.F. Koop. 2004.
    Development and application of a salmonid EST database and cDNA microarray: data mining and
    nterspecific hybridization characteristics. Genome Research 14: 478-490.
 
Saksida, S., Constantine, J., Karreman, G.A., Neville, C. Sweeting, R. and Beamish, R. 2006. Evaluation of sea
    lice, Lepeophtheirus salmonis, abundance levels on farmed salmon in British Columbia, Canada. In. The
    Proceedings from the International Symposium on Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics XI, Cairns,
    Australia.
 
Schulze, A.D., A. O. Alabi, A. R. Tattersall-Sheldrake, and K.M. Miller. 2006. Bacterial diversity in a marine
    hatchery: Balance between pathogenic and potentially probiotic bacterial strains. Aquaculture 256: 50-73.
 
Stucchi, D. J., R.F. Henry, and M.G.G. Foreman. 2006. Modelling the transport and dispersion of IHN pathogens
    in the Broughton Archipelago, British Columbia. Bulletin of the Aquaculture Association of Canada 105-1, 52-
    59
 
Stucchi, D.J., T. Sutherland, C. Levings and D. Higgs. 2005. Near-Field Depositional Model for Salmon
    Aquaculture Waste. Hdb. Env. Chem. Vol. 5, Part M, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.

Stucchi, D., T.F. Sutherland, C.D. Levings, and D. Higgs. 2005. Near-Field Depositional Model for Salmon
    Aquaculture Waste. (Ed.) B.T. Hargrave, In: Handbook of Environmental Chemistry: The Environmental
    Effects of Marine Finfish Aquaculture, Volume 5, Part M: 157 - 179.

Sutherland, T.F., C.L. Amos, C. Ridley, I.G. Droppo, and S. Petersen. 2006. The settling behaviour and benthic
    transport of fish feed pellets under steady flows. Estuaries and Coasts. 29 (5A): 809-818.

Sutherland, T.F. 2004. Framework for a Benthic Aquaculture Monitoring Program in the Pacific Region. Research
    Document 2004/056. pp. 19., www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/csas.

Sutherland, T.F., A.J. Martin, and C.D. Levings. 2001. Characterization of suspended particulate matter
    surrounding a salmonid net-pen in the Broughton Archipelago, British Columbia. ICES Journal of Marine
    Science, 58(2): 404-410.

Taylor, K. & S.R.M. Jones. 2005. An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the detection of Kudoa thyrsites
    in Atlantic salmon Salmo salar. Aquaculture 250: 8-15.

Trudel, M., Jones, S.R.M., Thiess, M.E., Morris, J.F.T., Welch, D.W., Sweeting, R.M., Moss, J.H., Wing, B.L.,
    Farley Jr., E.V., Murphy, J.M., Baldwin & R.E. Jacobson, K.C. 2006. Infestation of motile salmon lice
    (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) on Pacific salmon along the west coast of North America. American Fisheries
    Society Special Publication (in press).
 
Tymchuk, W.E., C. Biagi, R. E. Withler, and R. H. Devlin. 2006. Growth and behavioral consequences of
    introgression of a domesticated aquaculture genotype into a native strain of coho salmon. Transactions of
    the American Fisheries Society 135: 442-455.

Wagner, GN, S.G. Hinch, L. Kuchel, A. Lotto, S.R.M. Jones, D.A. Patterson, J.S. Macdonald, G. Van der Kraak,
    M. Shrimpton, K. English, S. Larsson, S.J. Cooke, M.C. Healey & A.P. Farrell. 2005. The effects of controlled
    Parvicapsula minibicornis infection on metabolic rates and swimming performance of adult Fraser River
    sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka Walbaum). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 62:
    2124-2133.

Wildish, D.J., G.W. Pohle, B.T. Hargrave, T.F. Sutherland, and M.R. Anderson. 2005. Benthic monitoring
    methods for habitat management of finfish mariculture in Canada. Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat.
    Research Document 2005/039, pp. 1 – 39.
 
Withler, R.E., J.R. Candy, T.D. Beacham and K.M. Miller. 2004. Forensic DNA analysis of Pacific salmonid
    samples for species and stock identification. Environmental Biology of Fishes 69: 275-285.

Withler, R.E., K.J. Supernault and K.M. Miller. 2005. Genetic variation within and among domesticated Atlantic
    salmon broodstocks in British Columbia, Canada. Animal Genetics 36: 43-50.
 
Withler, R.E., T. Rundle and T.D. Beacham. (In Review) Genetic identification of wild and domesticated strains
    of Chinook salmon in southern British Columbia, Canada. Aquaculture.

Yeats, P., T. Milligan, T.F. Sutherland, S. Robinson, J. Smith, P. Lawton, and C.D. Levings. 2005. Lithium
    Normalized Zinc and Copper Concentrations in Sediments as Measures of Trace Metal Enrichment due to
    Salmon Aquaculture. (Ed.) B.T. Hargrave, In: Handbook of Environmental Chemistry: The Environmental
    Effects of Marine Finfish Aquaculture, Volume 5, Part M: 207 - 220.

Young, C.A. & S.R.M. Jones. 2005. Epitopes associated with mature spores not recognized on Kudoa thyrsites
    from recently infected Atlantic salmon smolts. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 63: 267-271.