Capilano gets a
new centre
I t ' s n o t o f t e n E d u c a t i o n M i n i s t e r Jack
H e i n r i c h gets b o u q u e t s , b u t C a p i l a n o ' s
Dean D o u g Jardine paid tribute to h i m
in.absentia T h u r s d a y at the grand openi n g o f the a c q u a c u l t u r e resource centre
i n the Sechelt campus T h u r s d a y .
T h e centre is a j o i n t v e n t u r e between
C a p i l a n o a n d M a l a s p i n a colleges.
• T h e f i r s t o f its k i n d , " said J a r d i n e .
" S e e d m o n e y , $100,000, came f r o m the
$58 m i l l i o n L o c a l economic renewal and
development f u n d ( L E R D ) and was ex-

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hours extended
pressly a p p r o v e d b y H e i n r i c h h i m s e l f
w h o sees i t as s p e n d i n g the m o n e y i n the
w a y i t was meant t o be s p e n t . "
A b o u t 75 people were i n v i t e d t o the
o p e n i n g w h i c h f e a t u r e d paella, a Span i s h seafood d i s h , f o r l u n c h catered b y
the Casa M a r t i n e z . Representatives
f r o m federal, p r o v i n c i a l a n d m u n c i p a l
governments attended as d i d college personnel and representatives f r o m the i n d u s t r y . Sechelt M a y o r Joyce Kolibas cut
the r i b b o n t o open the centre o f f i c i a l l y .
K e n A l b r e c h t , a shellfish b i o l o g i s t o n
six m o n t h s leave o f absence f r o m the
M i n i s t r y o f the E n v i r o n m e n t , has been
a p p o i n t e d c o - o r d i n a t o r o f the aquacult u r e resource centre.
T h e r e n n o v a t i o n s t o create i t were
p a i d f o r j o i n t l y b y C a p i l a n o College and
t h e Sunshine Coast R e g i o n a l D i s t r i c t . A
b a y d o o r was r e m o v e d f r o m w h a t is n o w
t h e centre, the c e i l i n g was l o w e r e d , the
f l o o r carpetted, a n d the whole w i n g rewired.
A s a result o f the clerical c o m p o n e n t
o f the L E R D m o n e y , C a p i l a n o College's
o p e n i n g h o u r s have been extended t o 10
a . m . to 7 p . m . ( M o n d a y to Friday)
r a t h e r t h a n 12:30 p . m t o 7 p . m . as i n the
past..
Several w o r k s h o p s were held t o coi n c i d e w i t h the o p e n i n g o f the centre.It is
set u p f o r b o t h i n d u s t r y a n d p u b l i c .
B o t h t e c h n o l o g i c a l a n d business aspects
o f the acquaculture i n d u s t r y w i l l be considered.

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M a y o r Joyce K o l i b a s was at Capilano College last week t o cut the ribbon for the A q u a c u l t u r e Resource
Centre, a j o i n t venture between Cap College and N a n a i m o ' s M a l a s p i n a College. (See story)
—Dianne Evans photo

A q u a c e n t r e is opened
T h e A q u a c u l t u r e Resource
Centre opened last week with a
r i b b o n - c u t t i n g , ceremony
by
Sechelt M a y o r Joyce Kolibas.
Lx)cated o n the Sechelt campus o f Capilano College, the
centre w i l l provide reference
material for the local industry
and short courses and w o r k
shops for b o t h laymen and
cultivators.
Centre
co-ordinator
Ken
A l b r i g h t t o l d the Coast News
that while no specific courses
have been set u p yet, by early
next year he w o u l d like to be offering short one t o three week.
courses and evening seminars.
The p r i m a r y function o f the
centre, said A l b r i g h t , is " t o bring as m u c h i n f o r m a t i o n as we
can under one r o o f . "

Dozens o f textbooks and
journals have been ordered and
technical reports have been culled f r o m the federal Fisheries
Research Branch and other
sources.
The
Economic
Development Commission has
supplied the centre w i t h trade
publications and aquaculture
videos.
A l b r i g h t said the centre is
something the local industry has
a current need for:
"Salmon
f a r m i n g is just
booming so fast right now that
it might get ahead o f itself, leaving behind quality c o n t r o l and
marketing , for instance."
He said salmon f a r m i n g ,
which is the most prevalent and
controversial type i n the recent
b o o m , is viable " p r o v i d e d y o u

have the right site, some field
experience and long-term financial resources."
But he added that dissent in
the community, objections raised over the long-term impact o f
farms o n clean coastal shores, is
a healthy thing, and that the
centre will explore long-term effects o f aquaculture abroad as
research continues.
The resource centre is a j o i n t
venture between Capilano C o l lege and Nanaimo's Malaspina
College. The $100,000 f u n d i n g
for the project comes f r o m the
provincial Ministry o f Education and will r u n out i n six m o n t h s , at w h i c h t i m e , said
A l b r i g h t , more funding w i l l be
sought.