Grant: Engage Grants Program
Thompson Rivers University
$25,000.00
Nutritional value of Mysis diluviana for the growth, development and reproduction of hatchery-reared salmonids.
FY 2017-18
Summary
Mysis diluviana, a shrimp-like crustacean, is an invasive species in Okanagan Lake. As part of a strategy by theBC government to reduce the impact of this species on the natural lake ecosystem, Piscine Energetics Inc. hasbeen harvesting Mysis from Okanagan Lake since 2000 and retails the harvested Mysis as fish food to theornamental aquarium industry. There are indications that Mysis could also be an effective source of nutritionfor rearing trout and salmon in hatcheries. If so, this could provide three important benefits: it could provideincreased economic opportunities for the Mysis harvesting industry, help BC hatcheries transition away fromfish foods containing unsustainable marine fish meal, and decrease the population of this invasive species inOkanagan Lake. This project will therefore determine the nutritional value of Mysis from Okanagan Lake andits effects on the growth and survival of trout and salmon reared in hatcheries managed by the FreshwaterFisheries Society of British Columbia.
Program
Engage Grants Program
Recipient
Location
British Columbia, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
517983-2017
Name nom
Gosselin, Louis
Department département
Biological Sciences
Organization id
1809
Institution établissement
Thompson Rivers University
Province en
British Columbia
Province fr
Colombie-Britannique
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2017
Competition year année de concours
2017
Award amount
25000
Program id
EGP
Program name en
Engage Grants Program
Program name fr
Programme de subventions d'engagement partenariat
Group en
Research partnerships programs
Group fr
Programmes de partenariat
Committee code
1554
Committee name en
Pacific Internal Decision Committee
Committee name fr
Comité de décision interne pour le Pacifique
Area of application code
106
Area of application group en
Agriculture and primary food production
Area of application group fr
Agriculture et produits alimentaires primaires
Area of application en
Aquaculture
Area of application fr
Aquiculture
Research subject code
5511
Research subject group en
Animal biology
Research subject group fr
Biologie animale
Research subject en
Animal nutrition and husbandry
Research subject fr
Nutrition et élevage des animaux
Partie
1
Nb partie
1
Application title
Nutritional value of Mysis diluviana for the growth, development and reproduction of
hatchery-reared salmonids.
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
Mysis diluviana, a shrimp-like crustacean, is an invasive species in Okanagan Lake. As part of a strategy by theBC government to reduce the impact of this species on the natural lake ecosystem, Piscine Energetics Inc. hasbeen harvesting Mysis from Okanagan Lake since 2000 and retails the harvested Mysis as fish food to theornamental aquarium industry. There are indications that Mysis could also be an effective source of nutritionfor rearing trout and salmon in hatcheries. If so, this could provide three important benefits: it could provideincreased economic opportunities for the Mysis harvesting industry, help BC hatcheries transition away fromfish foods containing unsustainable marine fish meal, and decrease the population of this invasive species inOkanagan Lake. This project will therefore determine the nutritional value of Mysis from Okanagan Lake andits effects on the growth and survival of trout and salmon reared in hatcheries managed by the FreshwaterFisheries Society of British Columbia.
