Russia: swiss shrimp, the largest shrimp farm in Europe

The new Swiss Shrimp company in Rheinfelden (Switzerland, canton Aargau) with a production capacity of 60 tons of warm water shrimp is likely to become the largest shrimp producer in Europe, writes Neue Zürcher Zeitung. About two years ago, Raphael Waber, who was born in Solothurn, put in place a recirculation system. The property, worth 25 million Swiss francs, is located near the Rhine, next to the Swiss Salt Factory in Ribburg. This means that shrimp farming can not only use the waste heat from the salt pans to heat the water in 16 fish tanks to 28ºC, but also have a source of the necessary salt. In each of the pools, 40 meters long, 5 meters wide and 50 cm deep, 80,000 shrimp swim, divided in half into a zone for the small ones and one for the large Litopenaeus vannamei. The animals are fed pellets, which mainly contain wheat and soy, as well as fishmeal and fish oil. Although Swiss shrimp costs about double the ...