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Aquaculture & Fisheries Development Centre

Annual Report 2011

Aquaculture & Fisheries Development Centre Annual Report 2011

AFDC Strategic Vision “To support, stimulate and promote the development of aquaculture and

fisheries, thereby enabling these sectors to achieve their full socio-economic potential by utilising sustainable natural resources”


Contents

Page

Executive Summary 4

SECTION 1: Facilities & Specifications 5

SECTION 2: AFDC Research Update 7

SECTION 3: Funding - Grant capture 7

SECTION 4: Outreach Activities 8

SECTION 5: Degrees Awarded 8

SECTION 6: On-going and New Research Grants During 2011 9

SECTION 7: AFDC Publications 10


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Executive Summary

2011 was another successful year for the Aquaculture & Fisheries Development Centre in the School of

Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences at University College Cork. Research activity in the four

thematic areas has continued to advance and develop. The centre currently has a manager, 6 principal

investigators, 2 senior researchers, 6 postdoctoral researchers, 10 PhD students and 6 Research

Assistants. During the year, four PhD’s and three MSc’s were awarded to AFDC researchers. A total of

16 peer-reviewed publications were produced including articles in high ranking journals such as

Molecular Ecology, Journal of Heredity, Animal Conservation and Aquaculture Nutrition. Nine oral

presentations were given at international conferences and included one Keynote Speech given by Dr

Sarah Culloty at the 14th International Conference on Shellfish Restoration in Scotland and one Invited

Speech given by Dr Susie Brown at the meeting of the ICES Working Group of Fishing Technology and

Fish Behaviour in Iceland.

In 2011, the AFDC maintained the momentum established in previous years in securing funding for

research. The tally for funding has now exceeded €10m with over €600,000 of this funding awarded in

2011. The research capacity, diversity and strengths continue to grow through both national and

international collaborations. The AFDC also continues to play an important role in the education of

undergraduate and postgraduate students within the School of BEES.

Dr Sarah Culloty

Director AFDC


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SECTION 1: Facilities & Specifications

The Aquaculture & Fisheries Development Centre is a

1200m2 research facility embedded within the School of

Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences. The centre

consists of two tank rooms equipped with marine and

freshwater tropical marine system recirculation units,

broodstock conditioning units, shellfish on-growing units,

filter-feeder broodstock conditioning units, a larval culture

system and live food culture facilities. The AFDC is

authorised to operate under the European Communities

Health of Aquaculture Animals and Products Regulations

2008 (authorisation number: 006 / FHA).


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SECTION 1: AFDC Research Update

Marine Mammals & Fisheries Research

Dr Susie Brown was the invited speaker at the ICES Working

Group of Fishing Technology and Fish Behaviour meeting in May

where she presented a talk entitled “Ecological Risk Assessment

for the Effects of Fishing”. During 2011, Dr Sarah Kraak took part

in the Joint STECF-ICES Evaluation of the EU Cod Recovery Plan

as a member of the Scientific, Technical & Economic Committee

for Fisheries, advising the European Commission (STECF). The

group evaluated the revised management plan for cod stocks

(Council Regulation (EC) No 1342/2008) which has been in force

in the EU since 2009 and provided recommendations for the

future to better achieve the overall goal of the management plan

through reduced fishing mortality.

During 2011, the Marine Mammals & Fisheries Research

group consisted of a PI, Dr Emer Rogan, three

postdoctoral researchers, five PhD students and two MSc

students. Outputs from the group during the year included

six peer-reviewed publications of which three were based

on marine mammal research and three were based on

fisheries research, three non-peer reviewed articles and

two reports. The group presented the results of their

research at a number of international conferences

including the 25th Annual Conference of the European

Cetacean Society, 19th Biennial Conference on the

Biology of Marine Mammals and the ICES Annual

Conference.


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Shellfish Health Research

2011 was another significant year for the Shellfish health

Group. The group consists of PI Dr Sarah Culloty, two

postdoctoral researchers, two research assistants and four

PhD students and 4 MSc students. Two PhD students, Aaron

Maloy and Laura Lyons completed their theses and

successfully defended them. Aaron’s Phd was titled

“Development and application of molecular-based dietary

analyses for marine organisms and their larvae” –

(Supervisors Dr Sarah Culloty and Dr John Slater,

Letterkenny Institute of Technology). Aaron’s extern was

Prof. Marc Frischer, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography,

Georgia, USA. Laura’s thesis was on “Aspects of the biology

of decapods in south west Ireland” – (supervisors Dr Ruth

Ramsay, Dr Sarah Culloty, and Prof. Tom Cross).

During the year the group produced seven peer reviewed

publications – these included one paper in Aquaculture Nutrition from

Aarons thesis on the use of laser micro dissection to examine the gut

contents of cod – work carried out in collaboration with colleagues at

Carna Research laboratory at NUIG. Laura also published from her

thesis on the reproductive biology of the shore crab – developing and

describing a methodology and a scaling system that can be applied

to a range of crab species. Other publications during the year

concentrated on macroparasite infections in a range of marine

species. The group also presented results of research at the

International Conference on Shellfish Restoration in Stirling, Scotland where Dr Culloty presented the

Keynote presentation on disease and conservation of the native oyster. Current research on herpes virus,

the health status of the mussel, health of cockles and clams in Ireland and Bonamia in the native oyster

were presented at the National Shellfish Association Conference in Baltimore, USA by a number of

member of the current research team.

The ERDF Ireland Wales funded project SUSFISH

(www.susfish.com) continued during the year with ongoing

collaboration with Welsh colleagues at Bangor, Swansea and

Aberystwyth Universities on the impacts of climate change on

aquaculture and fisheries in the Irish Sea. The EU FP7

Capacities programme project OYSTERECOVER

(www.oysterecover.eu) on conservation of the native oyster

Ostrea edulis continued with colleagues – both industry and

research based throughout Europe. Two new EU FP7 projects

also commenced during the year; BEADS (www.beads.eu)

(another SME-led project) looking at the impact of

microencapsulation of a range of probiotics and

immunostimulants and their delivery on ameliorating bivalve

diseases and the effects of harmful algal blooms on bivalves.

BIVALIFE (www.bivalife.eu) is looking at the health status of

Pacific oysters and mussels in Europe. There is a particular concentration on looking at herpes virus in

the Pacific oyster in this project. The project has research partners throughout Europe and the European

Mollusc Producers Association (EMPA) are also a partner allowing the needs and interests of industry to

be represented in the project.


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Aquaculture Research

Prof. Burnell also continued activities in relation to two

EU projects on which he is a collaborator; “Interaction in

coastal waters: a roadmap to sustainable integration of

aquaculture and fisheries (COEXIST)” which is funded

by the EU FP7 funding programme and “Sustainable

and Environmentally Friendly aquaculture for the Atlantic

region of Europe (SEAFARE)” which is Co-funded by the

European Union Atlantic Area Transnational Programme

(2007 - 2013). The Aquaculture research group had one

peer-reviewed publication in Aquaculture Nutrition during

2011.

Publication:

O'Mahoney, M., Mouzakitis, G., Doyle, J., & Burnell, G.

2011. 'A novel konjac glucomannan-xanthan gum binder

for aquaculture feeds: the effect of binder configuration

on formulated feed stability, feed palatability and growth

performance of the Japanese abalone, Haliotis discus

hannai'. Aquaculture Nutrition, 17: 395-407.

Prof. Gavin Burnell, PI with the Aquaculture Research

group at the AFDC, presented a series of lectures as

part of an MSc Aquaculture on the theme of “An

ecosystem approach to aquaculture and fisheries

management'", at the College of Fisheries and Life

Sciences, Shanghai Ocean University. During the visit

to Shanghai, Prof. Burnell delivered a paper at the 9th

Asian Fisheries and Aquaculture Conference hosted by

Shanghai Ocean University in April 2011. The paper is

entitled "A community based scallop restoration project

in Co. Kerry, Ireland". This is work that has arisen from a

Marine Institute Beaufort project "An ecosystem

approach to fisheries management". Prof. Burnell also

took the opportunity to network and meet with the

President of Shanghai University and the Dean of

International Affairs to explore the possible areas for

collaboration and exchange.


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Molecular Genetics of Aquatic Animals

During 2011 we continued to work under the aegis of the overarching seven year Beaufort Fish Population

Genetics programme which runs until 2015 and employs PI Dr Phil McGinnity, Senior Researchers Dr

Jamie Coughlan and Jens Carlsson and graduate student Ciar O'Toole. The group also consists of

Professor TF Cross (Principal Investigator), Dr Eileen Dillane, Ms Mary Cross and Ms Alicé Antoniocomi.

Work continued on several other projects under the general Beaufort umbrella and with input from the

Beaufort senior researchers:

The EU FP7 funded Salsea-Merge project using genetics to determine the region/river of origin of salmon

caught in the eastern North Atlantic was successfully completed and several papers are in the process of

being produced.

In the EU INTERREG funded Celtic Sea trout project, being undertaken in conjuction with the IFI, QUB,

the University of Wales Bangor, the typing of sea trout largely flowing into the Irish and Celtic Seas for 20

microsatellite loci has been completed and a freshwater database has been contructed against which

marine samples can be assigned to natal river or region. The ultimate aim is to determine where sea trout

from various regions go in the sea.

Two geneticists from our group were involved in the "Celtic Explorer" cruise to the mid-Atlantic ridge which

discovered the Moytirra vent field and recovered shrimp, limpet and other possibly endemic species from

depths of 3,000 meters for genetic analysis.

The UCC part of the EU INTERREG AARC project focusses on restoration genetics of Atlantic salmon in

the river Shannon, in a tripartite approach where 1. different potential strains and natural popultaions for

restoration of the upper Shannon are being compared in a common garden situation, 2. salmon fry from

residual natural spawning above the hydroelectric dam are being screened and 3. the same microsatellite

loci are being screened in archival scales dating from 1928 onwards.

Ciar O'Toole's Beaufort PhD continues concentrating on investigating the genetics of local adaptation in

salmon, and in Mixed Stock Analysis of sea trout for the Currane system in SW Ireland and the study of

brown trout as an invasive species in Newfoundland. Ciar spent six weeks in University of Montana with

financial assistance from their International Office. While in Missoula she worked in the laboratory of

Professor Fred Allendorf and participated in a workshop on advanced statistics in genetics.

Work is continuing on improving the Irish Genetic Stock Identification salmon database with funding

coming from the Central Fisheries Board, and also from several Governmental requests to concentrate on

particular geographical areas with difficult fisheries management issues.

We are continuing to work with the NUIG Carna aquaculture facility on the Nationally funded EIRCOD cod

rearing and genetics programme and have recently had 2% of the cod genome sequenced using Next

Generation Methods. We are now mining this pipeline for novel microsatellites and SNPs.


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SECTION 3: Funding - Grant Capture

Funding for research at the AFDC has increased from €7,743,673 in 2009 to €10,156,484 in 2011.

Twenty-one projects were on-going at the AFDC during 2011. National funding sources, mainly the

Marine Institute, account for 61% of the total funding at the AFDC whilst European Union (EU) funding

through the FP7 funding programme and the EU ERDF INTERREG funding programme accounts for 29%

of the total funding for research at the AFDC. Non-exchequer funding has increased from 3% in 2007 to

the current level of 29%. Various national funding bodies including BIM and the Irish Research Council

provide funding for the additional 10% of funding for research at the AFDC.

Figure 1. Allocation of research funding on-going during 2011 from different funding bodies

17%

12%

61%

10%

FP7

EU INTERREG

MI

OTHER


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SECTION 4: Outreach Activities

Newsletter

AFDC/BEES Seminar Series

The AFDC co-hosted a number of seminars during 2011 with the School of Biological, Earth &

Environmental Sciences:

The AFDC produced newsletter is available through our website at http://

afdc.ucc.ie. Researchers from each of the four research themes are invited to

contribute to each issue of the newsletter and it covers a wide variety of topics

related to the research activities which take place throughout the year at the

AFDC. The latest issue is now available online.

Professor Marc E. Frischer, Skidaway Institute

of Oceanography, Georgia, USA – “Where Have

the Blue Crabs Gone? New Approaches to

Disease Discovery in Blue Crabs and other Aquatic

Species” AFDC/BEES Seminar Series, 18th May

2011.

Dr Paddy Sleeman, School of Biological, Earth

& Environmental Sciences, UCC – “Biodiversity

and infectious diseases – towards one health”

AFDC/BEES Seminar Series, 9th December 2011.

Dr Jenny Ovenden, Department of Agriculture,

Fisheries & Forestry, Queensland Government,

Australia – “Genes for conservation and manage-

ment of marine species in tropical Australia" AFDC/

BEES Seminar Series, 13th June 2011


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SECTION 5: Degrees Awarded

PhD Theses

Emily Baxter Gelatinous zooplankton in Irish waters: Ecology and role in the gill disorders of marine

farmed salmon. Supervisors: Dr Rob McAllen, Dr Tom Doyle.

Giuliano Greco Natural antifouling in Carcinus maenas: Lessons for marine antifouling technology.

Supervisors: Prof. John Davenport.

Laura Lyons Aspects of the biology of decapods in south west Ireland. Supervisors: Dr Sarah Culloty,

Prof. Tom Cross, Dr Ruth Ramsay.

Aaron Maloy Development and application of molecular-based dietary analyses for marine organisms

and their larvae. Supervisors: Dr Sarah Culloty,

MSc Theses

Michael Galvin The health status of the mussel in Ireland. Supervisors: Dr Sarah Culloty,

Aideen Kane Aspects of the biology of the periwinkle in Ireland. Supervisors: Dr Sarah Culloty,

Dr Ruth O’Riordan.

Catherine Smith The impact of trematodes on burrowing behaviour in cockles.

Supervisors: Dr Sarah Culloty, Dr Tom Kelly.

Alice Doyle Role of salmon in the diet of grey seals. Supervisor: Dr Emer Rogan.

Tara Keena The Acoustic Repertoire of Bottlenose Dolphins in the North-West Atlantic Ocean.”

Supervisor: Dr Emer Rogan.


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SECTION 6: On-going and New Research Grants During 2011

2011 Funding

Cross, T.F. & McGinnity, P. Salmon Scale Analysis: Burrishoole Fishery. University of Turku, Finland,

2011. €16,000

Culloty, S.C. Bioengineered micro-encapsulation of active agents delivered to shellfish (BEADS). EU

FP7 Capacities Support for SME’s Funding Programme, 2011-2013. €303,899.

Culloty, S.C. Management of infectious diseases in oysters and mussels in Europe (BIVALIFE). EU FP7

Funding, 2011-2014. €256,410.

Rogan, E. The genetic structure, foraging ecology, movement patterns and habitat choices of bottlenose

dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) along the west coast of Ireland. School of BEES Crawford Hayes

Scholarship/National Parks and Wildlife Service, 2011-2015. NPWS funding: €45,000

2010 Funding

Cross, T.F., McGinnity, P. & Coughlan, J. Atlantic aquatic resource conservation (AARC). European

Regional Development Fund (ERDF): INTERREG 4 Atlantic Area Programme. 2010-2012, €255,429.

Culloty, S.C. Establishing the scientific bases and technical procedures and standards to recover the

European flat oyster production through strategies to tackle the main constraint bonamiosis

(OYSTERECOVER). EU FP7 Funding, 2010-2013, €730,894.

McGinnity, P., Coughlan, J., Dillane, E. & Cross, T. Ministerial request for mixed stock fisheries analysis

for the Cromane & Waterford Estuary experimental salmon fisheries, 2010-2011. €46,000

Rogan, E. Pilot marine mammal observer programme in Irish pelagic trawl and gillnet fisheries. Bord

Iascaigh Mhara, 2010-2011. €49,999

2009 Funding

Cross, T.F. & McGinnity, P. Celtic Sea Trout project: Genetic Stock Identification of sea trout stocks. EU

INTERREG, 2009-2012, €359,830.

Culloty, S.C. Shellfish productivity in the Irish Sea: working towards a sustainable future (SUSFISH).

ERDF INTERREG 4A, 2009-2012, €618,399.

Sheehan, D., Davenport, J. & Culloty, S.C. Do nanoparticles induce neurodegenerative diseases?

Understanding the origin of reactive oxidative species and protein aggregation and mis-folding

phenomena in the presence of nanoparticles. EU 7th Framework (Prof. D. Sheehan, Biochemistry PI),

2009-2013, €167,000.

2008 Funding

Cross, T.F. & McGinnity, P. SALSEA – Merge: Advancing understanding of salmon at sea: Merging

genetics and ecology to resolve stock specific migration and distribution patterns. EU RTD FP7, 2008-

2011, €254,609.

Cross, T.F. & McGinnity, P. Irish cod breeding programme. Marine Institute, 2008-2015, €213,088.

Rogan E. & E. Codling. Develop and test through simulation a suite of measures that will contribute to

rebuilding depleted fish stocks in waters around Ireland. Marine Institute, 2008-2014, €625,570.


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Rogan E. & E. Codling. Modelling the ecology, population dynamics, assessment and management of

Nephrops (Nephrops norvegicus) in the waters around Britain & Ireland. Marine Institute, 2008-2011, €105,000.

Rogan E. & E. Codling. The application of signal detection methods to the fisheries management system.

Marine Institute, 2008-2012, €115,000.

Rogan E. The life history, ecology and dynamics of the Black Scabbard (Aphanopus carbo) in the deep

water ecosystem of the North East Atlantic. Marine Institute, 2008-2012, €115,000.

2007 Funding

Burnell G. & Cummins V. Beaufort Marine Research Award: Ecosystem approach to fisheries management. Irish Government NDP administered by Marine Institute, 2007-2014, €1,860,004.

Cross, T.F. & McGinnity, P. Beaufort Marine Research Award: Fish population genetics. Irish Government NDP administered by the Marine Institute, 2007-2014, €2,710,236.


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SECTION 7: Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journals

1. Carlsson, J., Shephard, S., Coughlan, J., Trueman, C.N., Rogan, E. & Cross, T.F. (2011). Fine-

scale population structure in a deep-sea teleost (Orange Roughy, Hoplostethus atlanticus). Deep-Sea

Research Part I-Oceanographic Research Papers, 58:627-636.

2. de Eyto, E., McGinnity, P., Huisman, J., Coughlan, J., Consuegra, S., Farrell, K., Tufto, J., Megens,

H.J., Jordan, W., Cross, T., Stet, R.J.M. 2011. Varying disease-mediated selection at different life

history stages of Atlantic salmon in freshwater. Evolutionary Applications. 4: 6: 749-762.

3. Ellis, J., Gilbey, J. Armstrong, A., Balstad, T., Cauweiler, E., Cherbonnel, C., Consuegra, S.,

Coughlan, J., Cross, T., Crozier, W., Dillane, E., Ensing, D., Garcia de Leaniz, C., Garcia-Vasquez,

E., Griffiths, A., Hindar, K., Hjorleifsdottir, S., Knox, D., Machado-Schiaffino, G., McGinnity, P.,

Meldrop, D., Neilsen, E., Olafsson, K., Primmer, C., Prodöhl, P., Stradmeyer, L., Vaha, J-P.,

Verspoor, E., Wennevik, V. and Stevens, J. 2011. Microsatellite standardisation and evaluation of

genotyping error in a large multi-partner research programme for conservation of Atlantic salmon

(Salmo salar L.). Genetica 139: 353-367.

4. Fermer, J., Culloty, S.C., Kelly, T.C. & O'Riordan, R.M. (2011). Manipulation of Cerastoderma edule

burrowing ability by Meiogymnophallus minutus metacercariae. Journal of The Marine Biological

Association of The United Kingdom, 91 (4):907-911.

5. Fermer, J., Culloty, S.C., Kelly, T.C. & O'Riordan, R.M. (2011). Parasitological survey of the edible

cockle Cerastoderma edule (Bivalvia) on the south coast of Ireland. Journal of the Marine Biological

Association of the United Kingdom, 91 (4):923-928.

6. Foote, A.D., Vilstrup, J.T., De Stephanis, R., Verborgh, P., Abel Nielsen, S.C., Deaville, R., Kleivane,

L., Martin, V., Miller, P.J.O., Øien, N., Pérez-Gil, M., Rasmussen, M., Reid, R.J., Robertson, K.M.,

Rogan, E., Similä, T., Tejedor, M.L., Vester, H., Víkingsson, G.A., Willerslev, E., Gilbert, M.T.P.,

Piertney, S.B.; (2011) Genetic differentiation among North Atlantic killer whale populations. Molecular

Ecology, 20 (3): 629-641.

7. Kraak, S.B.M., and Hart, P.J.B. 2011. Modelling sympatric speciation by means of biologically

plausible mechanistic processes as exemplified by threespine stickleback species pairs. Organisms

Diversity & Evolution, 11: 287-306.

8. Kraak, S.B.M. (2011). Exploring the 'public goods game' model to overcome the Tragedy of the

Commons in fisheries management. Fish And Fisheries, 12: 18-33.

9. Lyons, L.J., O'Riordan, R.M., Cross, T.F. & Culloty, S.C. (2011). Reproductive biology of the shore

crab Carcinus maenas (decapoda: Portunidae): a macroscopic and histological view. Invertebrate

Reproduction and Development.

10. Maloy, A.P., Culloty, S.C., Bolton-Warberg, M., Fitzgerald, R. & Slater, J.W. (2011). Molecular

identification of laser dissected gut contents from hatchery reared larval cod, Gadus morhua: a new

approach to diet analysis. Aquaculture Nutrition, 17:536-541.

11. McCarthy, M., Culloty, S.C. (2011). Optomisation of two immunofluorescent antibodies for the

detection of Escherichia coli using immunofluorescent microscopy and flow cytometry. Current

Microbiology, 62 (2):402-408.

12. Mirimin, L., Banguera-Hinestroza, E., Dillane, E., Hoelzel, A.R., Cross, T.F., Rogan, E. (2011).

Insights into genetic diversity, parentage, and group composition of Atlantic white-sided dolphins

(Lagenorhynchus acutus) off the west of Ireland based on nuclear and mitochondrial genetic markers.

Journal of Heredity, 102(1): 79-87.


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13. Mirimin, L. , Miller, R., Dillane, E. , Berrow, S.D. , Ingram, S., Cross, T.F. & Rogan, E. (2011). Fine

-scale population genetic structuring of bottlenose. Animal Conservation, 14 (4): 342-353.

14. O'Mahoney, M., Mouzakitis, G., Doyle, J., & Burnell, G. (2011) A novel konjac glucomannan-

xanthan gum binder for aquaculture feeds: the effect of binder configuration on formulated feed

stability, feed palatability and growth performance of the Japanese abalone, Haliotis discus hannai'.

Aquaculture Nutrition, 17: 395-407.

15. Prinz, K., Kelly, T.C., O'Riordan, R.M. & Culloty, S.C. (2011). Factors influencing cercarial

emergence and settlement in the digenean trematode Parorchis acanthus (Philophthalmidae).

Journal of The Marine Biological Association of The United Kingdom, 91 (8):1673-1679.

16. Thaler, A.D, Zelnio, K., Saleu, W., Schultz, T.F., Carlsson, J.SCunningham, C., Vrijenhoek, R. &

Van Dover, C.L. 2011. The effects of spatial scale on the population dynamics of Ifremeria nautilei, a

hydrothermal vent endemic gastropod from the southwest Pacific. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 11:

372.

Non Peer-Reviewed Articles

1. Caurant F., Chouvelon T., Lahaye V., Mendez-Fernandez P., Rogan E., Spitz J. and Ridoux V.

(2011). The use of ecological tracers for discriminating dolphin population structure: the case of the

short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis in European Atlantic waters. Paper AC18/Doc.5-

02 (P) to the 18th ASCOBANS Advisory Committee Meeting.

2. Kraak, S. B. M., Reid, D. G., Gerritsen, H. D., Fitzpatrick, M., Kelly, C. J., Codling, E. A., & Rogan,

E. (2011). 21st century fisheries management: A spatio-temporally explicit tariff-based approach

combining multiple drivers and incentivising responsible fishing. ICES CM 2011/P:11.

3. Kraak, S. B. M. (2011). Overcoming the "tragedy of the commons" in fishery management. ICES

Insight September 2011.

Reports

1. Rogan, E. & Hernandez-Milian, G. (2011). Preliminary analysis of beaked whale strandings in

Ireland: 1800 – 2009 SC/63/SM 19 Report of the International Whaling Commission.

2. STECF (Scientific, Technical & Economic Committee for Fisheries) (2011). Evaluation of multi-

annual plans for cod in Irish Sea, Kattegat, North Sea, and West of Scotland (STECF-11-07),

reviewed by the STECF during its 37th plenary meeting held from 11 to 25 July, 2011 in

Copenhagen, Denmark. Edited by John Simmonds and Sarah Kraak.


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Conference Contributions

Oral Presentations

1. Brown, S., Rogan, E. & Reid, D. (2011). Ecological Risk Assessment for the Effects of Fishing.

ICES Working Group of Fishing Technology and Fish Behaviour, Reykjavik, Iceland, May 2011.

Invited Speaker.

2. Carlsson, J., Cross, T.C. & Culloty, S.C. (2011). The use of genetics in oyster restoration:

experiences from Chesapeake Bay. 14th International Conference on Shellfish Restoration ,

Sterling University, Sterling, Scotland, 23-26 August, 2011.

3. Culloty, S. (2011). Conservation of the native European oyster through control of it’s main pathogen

Bonamia ostreae. 14th International Conference on Shellfish Restoration , Sterling University,

Sterling, Scotland, 23-26 August, 2011. Keynote Speaker.

4. Englund, A., Ingram, S. & Rogan, E. (2011). Using variability in bottlenose dolphin tonal sound to

investigate community structure. 19th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals,

Tampa, Florida, 28 Nov – 02 Dec, 2011.

5. Kraak, S. (2011). Special presentation in the pecha kucha competition. ICES Annual Science

Conference, Gdansk, Poland, 19-23 September, 2011. (http://youtu.be/oZ5oBW2kJhA?t=21m)

6. Kraak, S., Reid, D., Fitzpatrick, M. (2011). Twenty-first century fisheries management: a spatio-

temporally explicit tariff-based approach combining multiple drivers and incentivizing responsible

fishing. ICES Annual Science Conference, Gdansk, Poland, 19-23 September, 2011.

7. Lynch, S.A., Carlsson, J. & Culloty, S.C. (2011). Investigation into the involvement of ostreid

herpes virus 1 (OsHV-1) in summer mortalities of Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas, spat and market

sized adults in Ireland. The National Shellfisheries Association, The Sheraton, Baltimore, Maryland,

USA, 27-31 March 2011.

8. Rogan, E., Kavanagh, A., McHugh, B., Englund, A., Hernandez-Milian, G. & Ingram, S. (2011).

Using ecological tracers to help differentiate populations: the case of bottlenose dolphins in Ireland.

19th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Tampa, Florida, 28 Nov – 02 Dec,

2011.

9. Spencer, P., Kraak, S,. Trippel, E. (2011). The influence of maternal age on fishery harvest

reference points. ICES Annual Science Conference, Gdansk, Poland, 19-23 September, 2011.

Poster Presentations

1. Brown, S., Reid, D. & Rogan, E. (2011). “Albacore tuna fisheries and megafauna bycatch:

comparing driftnets and pair trawling using Productivity Susceptibility Analysis.” The 25th Annual

Conference of the European Cetacean Society, Cadiz, Spain. March, 2011.

2. Brown, S., Reid, D. & Rogan, E. (2011). Assessing risk to marine mammals from fishing activities:

optimising procedures for cetaceans. 19th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals,

Tampa, Florida. 28 Nov-Dec, 2011.

3. Flannery, G., Lynch, S.A., Carlsson, J., Cross, T. & Culloty, S.C. (2011). The current status of

the pathogen Bonamia ostreae in the European flat oyster Ostrea edulis. 14th International

Conference on Shellfish Restoration, Sterling University, Sterling, Scotland, 23-26 August, 2011.

4. Hernandez-Milian, G. & Rogan, E. (2011). Beaked whales in Irish waters: what can long-term

strandings records tell us? 19th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Tampa,

Florida. 28 Nov-Dec, 2011.


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5. Lynch, S., Cross, M., O' Grady, E., Morgan, E., O’ Riordan, R. & Culloty, S. (2011). Shellfish

productivity in the Irish Sea: working towards a sustainable future (SUSFISH). The National

Shellfisheries Association, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 27-31 March 2011.

6. Lynch, S.A., Morgan, E. & Culloty, S.C. (2011). Investigation into the prevalence and distribution

of pathogens in cultured and wild populations of mussels Mytilus spp. in Ireland. The National

Shellfisheries Association, The Sheraton, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 27-31 March 2011.

7. Lynch, S.A. & Culloty, S.C. (2011). Haplosporidium nelsoni and Haplosporidium amoricanum. The

National Shellfisheries Association, The Sheraton, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 27-31 March 2011.

8. Lynch, S., Cross, M., O' Grady, E., Morgan, E., O’Riordan, R. & Culloty, S. (2011). Shellfish

productivity in the Irish Sea: working towards a sustainable future (SUSFISH), 14th International

Conference on Shellfish Restoration , Sterling University, Sterling, Scotland, 23-26 August, 2011.

9. Maloy, A.P., Culloty, S.C., Slater, J.W. (2011). DNA-based dietary analysis of wild bivalve larvae.

Annual meeting of the National Shellfisheries Association, The Sheraton, Baltimore, Maryland, USA,

27-31 March 2011.

10. Maloy, A.P., Culloty, S.C., Slater, J.W., Harrod, C. (2011). DNA-based dietary analysis of adult

bivalves and it concurrence with stable isotopes 13C and 15N. Annual meeting of the National

Shellfisheries Association, The Sheraton, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 27-31 March 2011.

Other

1. Kraak, S., Pastoors, M. & de Boois, I. (2011). ICES Presentation Competition. ICES Annual

Science Conference, Gdansk, Poland, 19-23 September, 2011.


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CONTACT:

The Aquaculture & Fisheries Development Centre

School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences

Distillery Fields, North Mall

Cork, Ireland

Director: Dr Sarah Culloty

Manager: Dr Maria O’Mahoney

Email: [email protected]; [email protected]

http://afdc.ucc.ie

Documents

Aquaculture & Fisheries Development Centre Annual Report 2011 · Aquaculture & Fisheries Development Centre Annual Report 2011 4 Executive Summary 2011 was another successful year