Beyond salmon there are also three species seen as suitable for RAS in Ireland

So argued Yoav Dagan, VP of business development at AquaMaof, in a webinar on land-based aquaculture production. While investments in the RAS sector – and the discussion in the event itself – mainly related to Atlantic salmon, Dagan was asked about other candidate species. “I think it’s a difficult question to answer, but as I see it today the shrimp is definitely going to be the next generation [after salmon] and we’ve invested a lot in the R&D on that – both in the RAS system for the water treatment, but actually also in genetics, with the CRISPR technology you can actually elevate the densities. For example, for less hostility, less cannibalism in the animals, we can crowd them a little bit more, and so shrimp is good,” he explained. Meanwhile, he noted that grouper is potentially the “optimal species for the land-based because it groups together… for the people that are concerned with the welfare actually the grouper is a demonstration because their preference is to crowd ...