Presentation: State-of-Knowledge Initiative for the Special Committee on Sustainable Aquaculture of the British Columbia Legislature

Delivered November, 2006. (Updated with Volume 5, January 2009)

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State of Knowledge Reviews

[A full pdf copy for printing may be downloaded from the WAVES database.]

Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s (DFO) State of Knowledge Initiative is a scientific review of the potential environmental effects of aquaculture, co-led by the Aquaculture Science and Environmental Science branches.

Reviews cover aquaculture relating to marine finfish and shellfish and freshwater finfish. Potential environmental effects are addressed under three main themes:

• Impacts of wastes; including nutrient and organic matter;
• Impacts of chemicals used by the industry; including pesticides, drugs and antifoulants;
• Interactions between farmed and wild species; including disease transfer and genetic & ecological effects

The State of Knowledge review papers provide the current scientific information and identify knowledge gaps and research needs. DFO refers to this valuable information to help set its future research agenda for aquaculture-environment interactions.

Five volumes have been published under the State of Knowledge Initiative and are included here.

Volume 1 - Text Version | PDF Version
Volume 2 - Text Version | PDF Version
Volume 3 - Text Version | PDF Version
Volume 4 - Text Version | PDF Version
Volume 5 - Text Version | PDF Version