We got some great coverage this week from CTV Vancouver Island’s Bruce Williams in his new series: “Why I love this Island”. Bruce showcased our touchtanks during a visit from the Beachcomber Community School. We follow Bruce on twitter here.
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“I Love this Island” – Bruce Williams and Beachcomber Community School at the Touch tanks
April 28, 2012 — bkingzettOur Big Aquariums arrived today!
April 26, 2012 — bkingzett
After months of planning, questioning, debating acrylic versus glass, design and then waiting anxiously… Our new local species display aquariums arrived today! Everyone here was like kids at Christmas. They look beautiful! Read the rest of this entry »
Debuting our new compact shellfish research hatchery
April 13, 2012 — bkingzett
Several months ago at lunch we gave ourselves a challenge: “Could we turn one of the new wet labs into a compact shellfish hatchery that could be used for our Olympia Oyster restoration efforts and produce significant numbers of shellfish seed for commercial research?”. More importantly could we take lessons from the building systems and make the hatchery as energy efficient as possible?
After a lot of hard work by the team, this week our new “compact hatchery” really came on line. This is what it looks like from the public viewing mezzanine. Read on for a long geeky shellfish explanation of what we are up to and some shots of us spawning geoducks which is pretty crazy in itself. Read the rest of this entry »
April 2, 2012 — bkingzett
Are you concerned about food security issues on Vancouver Island?
The VIU Institute for Coastal Research, VIU’s Community Based Research Institute and the student-led Campus Food Strategy group invite you to a FREE evening with speakers, discussion and local food on Monday April 16, from 5-8 pm on VIU’s Nanaimo Campus (Royal Arbutus Room, Bldg 300). Read the rest of this entry »
We’re still here!
March 24, 2012 — bkingzett
Its been a while since we made a post but not for lack of activity. In fact as this photo of a full shelf of healthy phytoplankton cultures indicates, we’re really busy. We’ve been getting some large research projects rolling, getting vacations out of the way, completing other projects, planning and getting ready for a busy summer.
If you are in the area drop in Monday to Friday and check it out – otherwise stand by this space!
SOLAR FLUPSY project update: Design and Construction Report
February 12, 2012 — bkingzett
Renewable energy and shellfish farming, using solar energy to grow oyster seed that will then sequester ocean CO2 – what’s not to like? Our first post about our new demonstration Solar Powered FLUPSY (Floating Upweller System). We’re very excited about this project and as performance data becomes available we will be reporting a lot more but for now a rather longish post and photo essay about the design and construction. Read the rest of this entry »
VIU Seafood Related Fellowship Opportunity – Deadline Feb 29
February 4, 2012 — bkingzett
Photo by Bill Pennell
Do you work in the BC seafood sector, or have some other connection to BC’s diverse seafood community? Do you catch, farm, process, ship, cook, sell, promote, protect, research or eat seafood, and have an idea, issue or project you would explore if you had some funding and research support? Read the rest of this entry »
Let it Blow! We’ve gone wind powered……
January 31, 2012 — bkingzett
(Ok, the picture above I took in PEI, but that’s not the point) We’re excited to continue our commitment to sustainability by now powering the Field Station with renewable energy through Bullfrog Power. To find out how we are, read on Read the rest of this entry »
Field Station featured in Canadian Builders Quarterly
January 19, 2012 — bkingzett
We are excited by being featured in the current issue of Canadian Builders Quarterly. “We didn’t build a green building just because we thought, ‘We’re the university, and we should have a green building,’” Kingzett says. “We built it because we’re not going to save the earth without a shift in foundational beliefs. And that starts with education.”
Dr. Helen Gurney-Smith: Flexing your Mussels: Shellfish as Powerful Ecosystem Indicators
January 13, 2012 — bkingzettDr. Helen Gurney-Smith, Research Scientist and Head of Shellfish Health & Husbandry Group at the Centre for Shellfish Research (that us!) talked about her cutting edge work at TEDx Victoria this fall. Her talk, filmed at TEDxVictoria on November 19 2011 is now available on the web. Very exciting! Read the rest of this entry »
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