The Ontario Aquaculture Research Centre (previously known as the Alma Aquaculture Research Station) is an aquaculture research and development facility, which became fully operational in April of 1993. It was first established by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and the University of Guelph to assist the commercial fish farming industry in Ontario. The facility provides systems for aquaculture researchers at the University of Guelph and other institutions. Primary areas of research at the research centre are breeding and genetics, culture methodology, fish health, welfare and behaviour, nutrition, growth and reproductive physiology and waste management. The centre offers quarantine facilities for the controlled importation of exotic species or strains of fish, and provides facilities for pilot testing and scale-up research. It is also a venue for education and training programs at the graduate, undergraduate, college, and high-school levels, as well as training, industry demonstrations and technical transfer to the private sector.
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