Organization

Centre for Aquaculture and Seafood Development (C-ASD)
Fisheries and Marine Institute
Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador
P.O. Box 4920,
St. John's, NL
CANADA A1C 5R3
Phone: (709) 778-0532
Toll-Free: 1-800-563-5799, ext. 532
Fax: (709) 778-0670
Website: http://www.mi.mun.ca/casd
Brochure: CASD

Overview

The Marine Institute’s Centre for Aquaculture and Seafood Development (C-ASD), offers a complete range of services for seafood processing and aquaculture industries in the areas of applied research, product and process development, technology transfer, advisory services and education and training.

From single person owner/operator start-up companies to large, national corporations C-ASD can play an integral role in:

• technical development;
• improving current practices and procedures;
• adapting technologies from other sources;
• industrial oriented education and training; and
• developing new and innovative ideas from concept to commercialization.

C-ASD provides a suite of technical capabilities expertise for addressing industry needs and participates in research and development efforts for future growth and diversification. Clients can access C-ASD’s modern aquaculture research facility and two food pilot plant facilities. The Marine Institute plant is provincially and federally registered, and has an approved QMP program in place. Clients also benefit from C-ASD’s attention to quality assurance that comes with the Institute’s ISO-9001™ (2000 standards) registration.

Core Services

• New Food Product and process development
  • Thermal process development and validation studies
  • Development of value-added secondary products
  • Pilot scale production runs and scale up support
  • MAP and hurdle technologies
• Equipment design and evaluation
  • Third-party independent evaluation
  • Prototype development and testing
• Product analysis
  • Chemical, microbial and sensory analysis and shelf-life studies
• HACCP assistance
  • QMP and FSEP
  • Development of Prerequisites, Regulatory Action Plans and HACCP plans
  • HACCP Auditing
• Post-harvest technologies
  • On-board handling and holding
  • Processing deck design and layout
• Fishery By-products utilization
  • Under the Atlantic Canada Fishery By-products Research Centre, C-ASD helps the fishery capatilize on the potential for product diversitificationa dn value addition, to create commercial by-product utilization.
  • Includes: conversion of fish processing discards to high value end products; lab scale research and pilot production; extraction, isolation, purification and concentration of quality products; investigation of functional properties; and routine analysis.
• Workshop, development and delivery
• Other Aquatic and Aquaculture services and training

Facilities

• Pilot Plant: C-ASD operates a provincially and federally registered 1350 m2 pilot plant, with an approved QMP program, as well as a non-registered . Clients can develop and process seafood or vegetable based test market samples for export to the world, can use the facilities for developing or testing new equipment and processing technologies, or conduct training workshops for employees and other personnel.
• Aquaculture Facilities: C-ASD hosts a modern aquaculture research facility comprised of seven independent re-circulating systems capable of using fresh or salt water. A live food culture laboratory (zooplankton and algae), quarantine laboratory, feed preparation area, and histopathology laboratory, equipped with an image analysis system, are included within this facility.

Recognition

CFIA registered pilot plant (QMP-R, HACCP)
ISO 9001 Certified (2000 Standards)