NBIF Researcher Thierry Chopin on the future of farming in the water CBC Quirks and Quarks – LISTEN

Researchers are looking for solutions to the technical problems associated with aquaculture, but society is ultimately going to have to decide just whether we’re wise enough to domesticate the waters, the way we’ve domesticated the land.

Appearing in this program are:

Mr. Gord Cole, owner and operator of Aqua-Cage Fisheries, a rainbow-trout farm operation on the Wasauksing First Nation near Parry Sound, Ontario.
Dr. George Leonard, Aquaculture Program Manager for Ocean Conservancy, a US-based environmental group.
Dr. Thierry Chopin, professor of Marine Biology and aquaculture researcher at the University of New Brunswick, St. John.
Dr. Laura Halfyard, aquaculture researcher and Professor at the Marine Institute of Memorial Univerisity of Newfoundland.