Saving wild Atlantic salmon by using new closed containment system

Bill Taylor, president of ASF, said: “With concerns growing over the impacts of salmon farming on threatened and endangered wild Atlantic salmon, it is becoming increasingly apparent that the future of salmon farming must lie in closed containment systems (CCS). ASF has decided to put our purse behind our policy and get involved in developing a promising new way to sustainably grow out healthy Atlantic salmon in closed containment facilities.”

The Atlantic Salmon Federation has joined forces with the Conservation Fund to attempt grow farmed Atlantic salmon in fresh water closed contaminant system. The Conservation fund has spent 20 years working on closed containment system for aquaculture rearing Perch, Trout and new Salmon. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers