Alma Aquaculture Projects

Dietary supplementation of prebiotics and organic minerals to improve growth performance, gut health, immunity and genetics of rainbow trout subject to low, moderate and high temperatures

Lead Applicant: David Huyben

Research Priority: Competitive Production Systems

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2024/2025

Research Centre: Ontario Aquaculture Research Centre

Upper limits for insect meal inclusion in salmonid diets using biological and economic endpoints

Lead Applicant: Neil Rooney

Research Priority: Competitive Production Systems 

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2023/2024

Research Centre: Ontario Aquaculture Research Centre

Gas lift pumping technology for moving heavy fluids and mixtures in food systems

Lead Applicant: Wael Ahmed

Research Priority: Innovative Products & Product Improvement Projects

Program Type: Gryphon's LAAIR

Funding Cycle: 2021/2022

Research Centre: Alma Aquaculture Research Station

Improving the growth, gut health and immune response of fish by feeding insects, pre/probiotics and fatty acids

Lead Applicant: David Huyben

Research Priority: Sustainable Production Systems

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2021/2022

Research Centre: Ontario Aquaculture Research Centre

Non-lethal transcriptional profiling of growth in rainbow trout

Lead Applicant: Nicholas Bernier

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 2

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

Research Centre: Ontario Aquaculture Research Centre

Research Summary: Validating a new genetic tool for monitoring the growth and health of fish in aquaculture settings and determining the usefulness of repeated tissue sampling that does not kill the fish.