Presented by:Presented by:

Bruno FrenetteBruno Frenette

Pecten UPM/MFU Inc. Pecten UPM/MFU Inc.

Euclide Chiasson

General Manager

Maritimes Fishermen’s

Union (MFU)

Pecten UPM/MFU Inc.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

Pecten UPM/MFU Inc.Pecten UPM/MFU Inc.

Pecten I – Scallop Enhancement Project

Pecten II – Scallop Aquaculture Project

BackgroundBackground• 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

BackgroundBackground• 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

BackgroundBackground

• 2004:

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

Pecten Phase IPecten Phase IEnhancementEnhancement

• Collectors• Line set-up • Enhancement

sites

Detroit

Collecteurs

Ensemencement

Ensemencement

I.-P.-É.

Collecteurs

Ensemencement 2000

MiramichiNouveau-Brunswick

Collecteurs

Baie des ChaleursEnsemencement 2001-2003

0 30 60

kilometres

Pecten Phase IPecten Phase I• Enhancement activities

Collection and seeding of spat (in millions) from 1999-2004 with 2005 prediction in Miramichi Bay

Deployment Retrieval Seeding No. of collectors

No. of scallops

Fall 1999 June 2001 June 2001 1 550 0.38

Oct. 2001 May 2003 May 2003 5 040 0.34

Sept. 2002 Oct. 2003 May 2004 11 520 8.21

Oct. 2003 Oct. 2004 Oct. 2004 9 360 25.41

Total 34.34

Oct. 2004 (Oct. 2005) 5 408 (7.9)

Total (42.24)

Pecten Phase IIPecten Phase IIAquacultureAquaculture

Offshore bottom and suspended culture

– Three types of

culture cages– Three stocks of spat– Three study sites– Study was initialized in

October 2004

Stock Avg. initial size (mm ± S.D)

Bay of Chaleur,NB

8.95 ± 1.75

n = 600

Miramichi, NB 12.34 ± 7.23

n = 200

Arichat, NS 18.72 ± 2.91

n = 200

Pecten Phase IIPecten Phase IIFuture PlantFuture Plant

Problems EncounteredProblems Encountered

– Anchoring

– Collector lines

AcknowledgmentsAcknowledgments

• 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)

Thank you