The Fisheries and Aquaculture department at VIU has been a leader in white sturgeon research for more than 20 years and is the only academic White sturgeon broodstock at Vancouver Island Universityinstitution in Canada to have captive white sturgeon broodstock.

The Institute for Marine Resources and Ecosystem Studies specializes in strategic and applied marine ecological research. Includes aquaculture.

MSc Programme in Aquaculture and Fisheries

An international non-profit society with over 4,000 members in 94 countries. Founded in 1970, the primary focus of WAS is to improve communication and information exchange within the diverse global aquaculture community.