The Canadian Aquaculture Innovation Portal Project - AquaNet

AquaNet, the National Centres of Excellence program in aquaculture, recognized that the development of a sector-wide web portal for knowledge transfer was a priority a call for proposals put out. A national project proposal led by Malaspina University-College was submitted and subsequently funded.
The proposal was titled: Mobilizing Aquaculture Knowledge: AquaPort.ca as Semantic Web.

The objective of this research was to map the virtual terrain of information important for Canadian aquaculture. Where on the web are the important and available information resources? The second objective was to define the necessary technology and prepare the foundations for design of the portal.

Team

A team of 8 network investigators and 11 students from post-secondary institutes across Canada are participating in this project. This work is expected to be completed by March 31, 2008.

Lead Institution

Institute for Coastal Research, Malaspina University-College

Principal Investigator

Bill Pennell (Malaspina UC)

Project Management

Tim DeJager (CO3 Consulting and adjunct faculty, Malaspina UC)

Network Investigators

Duane Barker (Malaspina UC)

Céline Audet (Université du Québec à Rimouski)

Barbara Thomas (Malaspina UC)

Rich Moccia (University of Guelph)

Rick Rollins (Malaspina UC)

Cyr Couturier (Memorial University)

Jeremy Rayner (University of Regina)

Thierry Chopin (University of New Brunswick)

Content Coordinators

Carmen Léger & Joy Wade

Students

Andréane Bastien, Kirsten van der Meer, Andrew Vickerson, Chris Presslauer, Julie Woo, Catherine Han, Tyson Martin, Kelly Barrington, Amy Hoare, Fernando Salazar, Ye (Jerry) Zhou, Laura Braden, Jaspreet Randhawa, Omar Figuero, Si Jie Guo.

Steering Committee

• Committee Chair - Cyr Couturier, Memorial University
• Linda Hiemstra, Mel Mor Science
• Barbara Thomas, Malaspina University-College
• Duane Barker, Malaspina University-College
• Sam Nakai, BC Innovation Council
• Neil Ross, Institute of Marine Biosciences-National Research Council
• Rich Moccia, University of Guelph
• Boumy Sayavong, Fisheries and Oceans Canada
• Yves Bastien
• Bill Pennell, Malaspina University-College
• Rosemary Ommer, University of Victoria
• Jeremy Rayner, University of Regina
• Carmen Léger, Carrefour national de l’aqua. et des pêches
• Bernadette Kennedy, Canadian Institute for Science and Technical Information
• Grace Karreman, Canadian Food Inspection Agency
• Thierry Chopin, University of New Brunswick
• Teresa Ryan
• Jean Côté, Pec-Nord inc.
• Jay Parson, Fisheries and Oceans Canada
• Mary Ellen Walling, British Columbia Salmon Farmers Association
• Al Castledine, British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture and Lands
• Jamey Smith, New Brunswick Salmon Growers Association
• Dominique Jean, Université Laval
• Richard Harry, Aboriginal Aquaculture Association
• Eric Hutchings, Government of Alberta
• Brian Meaney, Newfoundland Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture
• Céline  Audet, Université du Québec à Rimouski
• Robert Vaillancourt, Société de développement de l'industrie maricole

AquaPort Backgrounder - January 2006 (pdf)

Return to AquaPort Development Chronology

This project has been supported in part by funds from AquaNet, the Network of Centres of Excellence for Aquaculture.