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

Published 2021년 6월 15일

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In a webinar on land-based aquaculture production, Yoav Dagan, VP of business development at AquaMaof, discussed the potential of shrimp and grouper as species for RAS production after Atlantic salmon. He highlighted AquaMaof's R&D investment in shrimp genetics and water treatment, and grouper's suitability for land-based farming due to its social behavior. Dagan also introduced catfish as a species of interest for its high protein content and potential in RAS, despite traditional low value and high production cost. He suggested that with current technology, RAS production costs could be as low as or lower than cage farming.

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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 ...

Source: Thefishsite