1. Commercialization of new generation aquaponics in Canada

2. Commercial aquaponics system at Red Hat Co-operative, Redcliff, Alberta

3. General scheme

4. Fish and nursery tanks

5. Limestone backflash filter and plant bed

6. Oxygen saturator in pump sump

7. Oxygenation tank

8. Drum filter

9. Aerobic bioreactors

10. Plant bed cleaning system

11. Fish tanks, 8’ diameter, 4’ deep
Plant bed, 215 sq. m, 1 foot deep (average)

13. Plumbing of fish tanks

14. Pump sump with oxygenator

15. Waste treatment facility
Aerobic Bioreactor with oxygenator
Drumfilter

16. Plant bed with poly liner

17. Aquaponic cucumbers

18. Effect of aquaponics water on basil production
Effect of aquaponics water on basil production. Commercial trials at Red Hat Co-operative Ltd , April 18, 2013
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4-week old aquaponic plants
6-week old hydroponic plants

19. MDM Aquafarms, Alberta

20. Northern Bioponics, British Columbia

23. Nature does not have waste!

24. Using other feedstocks than fish manure as a source of nutrients for greenhouse operations

25. Poultry/Greenhouse operations

26. Aerobic Bioreactor at CDC North

32. Future Developments Economically viable large-scale
commercial operations
Generation 5 System utilizing continuous mode bioreactor
Saline water aquaponics
Introducing new fish species in close-loop system
Aquaponics Plant Factories and Urban Agriculture

33. Future Developments
Developing higher level integrated systems using other livestock wastes, such as poultry, pork, beef, plant derived products, such as alfalfa pellets
Introduction of polyculture into aquaponics