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AquaNet is a Network of Centres of Excellence in aquaculture




 

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General Information

AquaNet's Administrative Centre is located at the Ocean Sciences Centre at Memorial University of Newfoundland. The Centre for Aquaculture and Environmental Research at the University of British Columbia is the Network's core facility on the Pacific Coast.  

AquaNet is one of 21 Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE), Canada's science and technology program to mobilise Canada's research talent in universities, industry and government to create new economy jobs, stimulate growth and improve the quality of life for Canadians. The NCE program is administered and funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), in partnership with Industry Canada.

AquaNet Administrative Centre
Ocean Sciences Centre
Memorial University of Newfoundland
St. John's, Newfoundland
Canada A1C 5S7

Phone: (709) 737-3245
Fax: (709) 737-3500
Email: info@aquanet.ca

Office of the Executive Scientific Director
AquaNet
c/o Centre for Aquaculture and Environmental Research
The University of British Columbia
4160 Marine Drive
West Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada V7N 1N6

Phone: (604) 666-1298
Fax: (604) 666-3497

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Organizational Chart

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Board of Directors

Dr. Brad Hicks
(Chair)
Taplow Feeds
Vancouver, BC
Dr. Jason Clay Vice President
Center for Conservation Innovation, World Wildlife Fund, Washington, DC, USA
Dr. Chris Goddard Executive Secretary
Great Lakes Fishery Commission
Mr. Richard Harry Aboriginal Aquaculture Association
Homalco First Nation, Cambell River, BC
Dr. Roger Foxall Consultant
Life Science Strategies Inc., Vancouver, BC
Mr. Monty Little President and Founder
Syndel Laboratories Ltd.
Mr. Brian Meaney Asst. Deputy Minister, Aquaculture
Department of Fisheries & Aquaculture
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
Dr. Axel Meisen President
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Dr. Scott McKinley Professor, Faculty of Land and Food Systems
The University of British Columbia
Ms. Mary Ellen Walling
Executive Director
BC Salmon Growers’ Association
Dr. Rosemary Ommer Director, Special Projects
University of Victoria
Mr. Keith Reid President
BC Shellfish Growers Association, Nanaimo, BC
Dr. Thierry Chopin Professor of Marine Biology and Chair
University of New Brunswick (Saint John)
Dr. Wendy Watson-Wright Assistant Deputy Minister, Science
Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Ottawa, ON
Dr. Barry Costa-Pierce Director of Rhode Island Sea Grant and Professor
University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography
Ms. Joan Atkinson (ex officio) Network Manager
AquaNet
Mr. Pierre-François Le Fol
(ex officio)
Program Officer
Networks of Centres of Excellence

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Scientific Advisory Committee

Dr. Susan Stonich Chair, Environmental Studies Program
University of California
Dr. Ivan Burkow Director General
Fiskeriforskning, Norwegian Institute of Fisheries and Aquaculture Research
Dr. Martin Scholten
Director
Netherlands Institute for Fisheries Research (RIVO)


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Research Management Committee

Dr. Keith Culver
(Chair)
Professor, Department of Philosophy
University of New Brunswick
Dr. Scott McKinley
(Executive Scientific Director)
Professor, Faculty of Land and Food Systems
The University of British Columbia
Dr. Tim DeJager Consultant
DeJager AquaLogic
Dr. Jeremy Rayner Chair and Professor, Department of Political Science
Malaspina University-College
Mr. Richard Moccia Director, Animal Research Program
University of Guelph
Dr. James Smith Senior Environmental Scientist
AMEC Earth & Environmental

Dr. Céline Audet

Research Professor
Université du Québec à Rimousk
Ms. Joan Atkinson (ex officio) Network Manager
AquaNet
Mr. Pierre-François Le Fol (ex officio) Program Officer
Networks of Centres of Excellence

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Executive Scientific Director & Research Theme Leaders 

Executive Scientific Director

Dr. Scott McKinley


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 Administration / Network Personnel

Ms. Joan Atkinson Network Manager Tel: (709) 737-3268
jatkinson@mun.ca
Dr. Uschi Koebberling Communications Manager Tel: (604) 666-4452
uschi@interchange.ubc.ca
Ms. Corina Busby Education Officer Tel: (709) 737-3272
cdbusby@mun.ca
Mr. Edward Kennedy Senior Advisor to the Executive Scientific Director Tel: (604) 666-3862
aquanet@interchange.ubc.ca
Ms. Brenda Lye Administrative Officer Tel: (709) 737-3245
blye@mun.ca
Ms. Catherina Murphy Web Site Coordinator Tel: (709) 737-2646
cmurphy@mun.ca

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AquaNet Administrative Centre • Ocean Sciences Centre • Memorial University of Newfoundland • St. John's, Newfoundland • A1C 5S7 Canada
Phone: (709) 737-3245 • Fax: (709) 737-3500 • Email: info@aquanet.ca
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Office of the Executive Scientific Director, AquaNet
c/o Centre for Aquaculture and Environmental Research • The University of British Columbia
4160 Marine Drive, West Vancouver, British Columbia V7N 1N6
Phone: (604) 666-1298 Fax: (604) 666-3497