ST. ANDREWS, New Brunswick — “Aquaculture and the Environment” will be the theme during the technical sessions of the third annual Atlantic Aquaculture Fair-St. Andrews 1990. The fair will be held Tuesday through Saturday, June 19-23, at the Sir James Dunn Arena.

Fair organizers have promised the fair will be broader in scope than prior years and will have “something for everyone,” from aquaculturist, fishermen, and other industry personnel to the general public. In addition to an impressive list of exhibitors, the fair will include informational, educational and aquaculture-related entertainment activities.

On Tuesday, June 19, the fair will open with a daylong tour of the salmon aquaculture industry in the Bay of Fundy. Thursday and Friday there will be a series of public lectures, and special sessions for children ages 10 to 12. Saturday, June 23, there will be a golf tournament at the Algonquin Hotel Golf Course and a “Cooking with Aquaculture” competition in the town square.

During the lecture session, a distinguished panel of speakers will probe issues that concern “Aquaculture and the Environment.” The session will begin at 9 a.m. Wednesday, June 20, in the theater of the Sir James Dunn Arena. Julie Delabbio will be the chairman, and Julian Walker, deputy minister of the Environment, will present the opening remarks.

Dr. Harold Rosenthal, a marine biologist from Kiel University, Germany, will deliver the keynote address, titled “Aquaculture and the Environment: Strategies that Minimize the Impact.”

Rosenthal is chairman of the Mariculture Committee of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea and past president of the European Inland Fisheries Aquaculture Committee.

During his address, Rosenthal will describe methods to reduce the environmental burden caused by aquaculture, including site-selection criteria and coastal-zone management; evaluation of system performance and determination of the carrying capacity of the receiving waters; effluent treatment techniques; site rotation as a tool to mitigate effects; improved feed formulations to reduce phosphorous and nitrogen loads; and improved husbandry techniques.

In addition to Rosenthal, speakers from Atlantic Canada and the northeastern United States will address the relationship between aquaculture and the environment. The guest speakers and their topics include:

Dr. Don Gordon, “Predicting the Environmental Impact of Aquaculture through Numerical Modeling.”

Dr. David Wildish of the St. Andrews Biological Station, “The Bay of Fundy Sea Cage Environment.”

Amar Menon of Environmental Canada, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, “Environmental Threats to Shellfish Aquaculture.”

Bill Groom of Nordic Enterprises Ltd., St. Stephen, New Brunswick, “A Salmon Grower’s Viewpoint on the Siting Process.”

Bill Robertson of Connors Bros. Ltd., Black’s Harbour, “Environmental Consideration of Hatchery Development.”

John Kershaw from the New Brunswick Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, “The Aquaculture Siting Process — The New Brunswick Experiment.”

Brian Ives of Nova Mariculture in Tusket, Nova Scotia, “Aquaculture Environmental Issues in Nova Scotia — Real or Imagined?”

Laurice Churchill of the Maine Department of Marine Resources, “Cage-siting Criteria for Maine Aquaculture.”

Jim Jenkins of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, “Coastal Zoning for Aquaculture Development: The PEI Experience.”

Tickets for the technical sessions are $10. For more information, contact Julie Delabbio at 506-529-8801, Ext. 137. For space reservation and a free brochure, contact the Atlantic Aquaculture Fair at 506-529-4578.