Genome Atlantic, a not-for-profit organisation, has received $3 million from ACOA’s Atlantic Innovation Fund to solve the aquaculture industry’s challenge of early maturation in cod.
Early maturation can account for significant financial losses due to increased production time and decreased product quality.
What makes this project different is combined expertise.
The new C-ADAP3T project (Comparative Assessment of Diploid & Polyploid Physiology & Production Traits) will use genomics and selective breeding to develop sterile production fish to overcome the early maturation barrier.
Genome Atlantic led the development of this project, and will manage its overall progress.
The research component will be conducted with the region’s leading genomics and aquaculture researchers and resources from Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s St. Andrews Biological Station, Memorial University Ocean Sciences Centre, Cooke Aquaculture, the Huntsman Marine Science Centre, University of New Brunswick and University of Guelph.
The news article can be viewed here.
Tags: aquaculture, aquaculture research
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