A modular aquaculture modelling system (MAMS) and its application to the Broughton Archipelago, British Columbia (BC)

摘要

The British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries has undertaken the development of a numerical model to support the decision making process concerning the licensing of aquaculture sites by assessing the local and regional impacts of aquaculture operations. The prototype modelling system is comprised of three principal modules. The first is a preprocessor to establish the scenario to model; the second is a processor to coordinate the execution of the sub-modules that simulate a range of biophysical processes; and the third is a post-processor to display the results. A Windows based Graphical User Interface, a Geographic Information System, and an on-line support document interconnects these three modules. At present this modular aquaculture modelling system (MAMS) has sub-modules to simulate two-dimensional hydrodynamics, water quality, fish growth, and sedimentation. MAMS can provide managers with a tool to examine and communicate the complex interaction of chemical, physical and biological processes that are relevant to salmon aquaculture in the Broughton Archipelago.