Russia: In the workshops of the mariculture center on Popov Island, kelp can be grown to populate 100 hectares

Published Sep 2, 2021

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The Innovative Research and Production Center (INPTSM) on Popov Island is making significant strides in mariculture, as reported during the VI Eastern Economic Forum with Ilya Shestakov, the head of the Federal Agency for Fisheries, in attendance. The center, which began operations in 2019, is dedicated to the development and implementation of technologies for industrial rearing of juvenile invertebrates and algae, and is capable of processing around 10 million viable juvenile trepang or scallop per year, along with kelp seedlings for 100 hectares of cultivation. Under the leadership of the Pacific branch of the Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution "VNIRO," the center has seen breakthroughs in growing Japanese kelp and introducing shaggy-hand crab under factory conditions. Shestakov emphasizes the importance of continued collaboration with business to introduce these advancements and accelerate mariculture industry growth.

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In addition to kelp, scallop, kelp, sea cucumber, oyster, undaria and shaggy crab are currently cultivated in the center. Significant scientific achievements in mariculture were obtained in a relatively short period of time The head of the Federal Agency for Fisheries Ilya Shestakov visited an innovative research and production center for mariculture on Popov Island as part of a trip to the VI Eastern Economic Forum. The head of the department got acquainted with the results of the work of the specialists of the Pacific branch of the Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution "VNIRO" and took part in the event for the resettlement of the scallop scallop grown at the plant in 2020 in the Stark Strait. Currently, scallop, kelp, trepang, oyster, undaria and shaggy crab are cultivated in the center. Significant scientific achievements in mariculture have been obtained in a relatively short period of time. For example, the express technology developed by scientists for growing ...

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