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Research projects

MCWA President, Mike Wright and NIC researcher Allie Byrne examine one of the experimental sugar kelp lines

Kelp Habitat Banking

Learn about a CARTI research project on kelp habitat banks.

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The tag printer will ensure compliance with federal government regulations

Shellfish Printer and Grader

Learn about NIC’s work to help the shellfish industry grade and tag shellfish.

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Students collect samples at Goose Spit as part of the fish foraging project

Forage Fish Populations

Research project between NIC, Comox Valley Project Watershed Society, the K’ómoks First Nation, and other partners to research forage fish populations.

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NIC student Ashley Riley holds up a test line of sugar kelp, near Tofino, BC

The Commercial Potential of Kelp

A project to help kick-start a new economically and environmentally beneficial kelp aquaculture enterprise for the Ahous Business Corporation (ABC).

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NSLP’s Jennifer Woodland and Mikaela Pettigrew hold up sugar kelp at one of the research sites

Growing Kelp with NSLP

A project examining the feasibility of kelp production at four aquaculture sites off the west coast of Vancouver Island.

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