This study is part of a larger cooperative project that involved the dedicated work of many researchers, and for their assistance in the field, we would like to acknowledge the following: N. Bernier, J. Camaj, E. Deck , A. Forest, X. He, V.A. Heath, K. O’Hagan-Wang, J. Drown, J.W. Heath, V.A. Heath and J. Smit We would like to thank Yellow Island Aquaculture, Ltd. for their invaluable logistical, financial, and technical support.
This study was funded by a Natural Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada Strategic Partnership Grant, and an NSERC Discovery Grant for the last author.