Halieutec – Centre collégial de transfert de technologie des pêches

CCTT contact information

Case postale 220, Grande-Rivière (QC) G0C lV0
Tel: 418 385-2241
Fax: 418 385-2888

www.merinov.ca

Contact

LAURENT MILLOT
Manager
Email: laurent.millot@merinov.ca

CEGEP Affiliated

Cégep de la Gaspésie et des Îles, Grande-Rivière

Fields of activity
  • Marine resource harvesting
  • Aquaculture
  • Processing and marketing of sea products
  • Environment
Examples of projects
  • Marine resource harvesting
    • Energy optimization of shrimp trawl use
    • Evaluation of the short-term impact of dragging for sea cucumber (Cucumaria frondosa) on the marine shoreline ecosystem
    • Identification of hazards and prevention measures (health and safety) of workers in the commercial fishing sector
  • Aquaculture
    • Optimization of the operations involved in handling and shipping live scallops
    • Production of blade kelp (Saccharina longicruris) plantlets in the laboratory and in the sea (Chaleur Bay)
    • Technological optimization of mussel-farming operations in Quebec
  • Sea product processing
    • Coordination of a marketing research project to support the development of seafood delicatessen products
    • Organization of the Forum sur l’innovation en transformation des produits de la mer [Forum on innovation in sea product processing]
    • Development of workplace-based learning programs for quality controlers and processing workers
  • Environment
    • Bacteriological monitoring and analyses of waters at shellfish- and aquaculture sites in the Magdalen Islands, the Gaspé peninsula and the Lower St. Lawrence region
    • Measurement of currents on marine aquaculture sites