Other Goings On at the AARS
The Alma
Aquaculture Research Station (AARS) has participated in the
Science Co-operative Education programs with three different
Boards of Education, accepting high school students for
co-operative work terms ranging from four to seven months
each. Students from Sir Sandford Fleming College have
completed field placement assignments at the Alma station
and others have completed a four month intensive short term
certificate training course entitled the 'Culture and
Reproduction of Salmonid Fishes'. In partial fulfilment of
requirements for the degree of Master of Science in
Aquaculture, students are required to take a 'Practicum in
Aquaculture: Culture of Salmonids' which is conducted at the
AARS.
Workshops and Demonstrations
Numerous industry
workshops, sponsored by the Aquaculture Extension
Centre of the University of Guelph, have been held at the
AARS. The 'Getting
Started in Aquaculture' workshop is offered
bimonthly and has been attended by hundreds of participants.
In addition, several commercial workshops and demonstrations
have been attended by people from the private farming and
research communities. These sessions have included Arctic
Charr Aquaculture in Iceland, Smoked Fish Regulations,
Security and Alarm Systems, Nutrition Modeling, Rapro
Pin-Bone Remover Demonstration and Charr Culture
in Ontario. The AARS is active in the transfer of
aquacultural methods and technology to the private and
research sectors. Numerous technical demonstrations have
been conducted to explain such topics as:- greenhouse and sunscreen covering of outdoor facilities
- solar heating of water and heat recovery technologies
- Quarantine facility and isolation procedures
- Wastewater Treatment Centre design
- Water Treatment Centre and packed column design
- fibreglass tank design and construction
- tank standpipe design and construction
- alarms, monitors and security systems
- oxygen monitoring systems
- circular tank drain plate design
- Arctic charr culture at the AARS
- water supply and structural design of research aquaculture facility
- engineering design (structural and water flow) of hatchery
Tours and Meetings
In order to promote both fish farming and aquacultural
research, the AARS has held meetings and conducted tours of
its facilities for people representing Research and
Education (researchers and students from post-secondary
institutes), Government (representatives from international
governments, federal and provincial ministries), Industry
(private fish farmers and representatives from those
industries that service aquaculture) and the Public. Since
1989, over three thousand people have visited the AARS.