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Aquaculture of Salmon

Aquaculture of Salmon. Burgundy Hanna. Taxonomy of Aquacultured Salmon. Atlantic Salmon Salmo salar Salmon Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss Coho Salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch Chinook Salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha. Economic Importance.

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Aquaculture of Salmon

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  1. Aquaculture of Salmon Burgundy Hanna

  2. Taxonomy of Aquacultured Salmon • Atlantic Salmon Salmosalar • Salmon Trout Oncorhynchusmykiss • Coho Salmon Oncorhynchuskisutch • Chinook Salmon Oncorhynchustshawytscha

  3. Economic Importance • The aquaculture of salmon is the fastest growing food production system. • It makes up over 70% of the market. • Salmon has become the most popular fish in the U.S., Europe, Japan. • Salmon consumption is three times higher than it was in 1980.

  4. Market Price and Locations • Norway: 33% Chile: 31% Canada, Scotland, New Zealand, and Japan produce the rest

  5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=K1NBcnNzAkUhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=K1NBcnNzAkU

  6. Production Methods • Hatcheries: • Conventional- eggs hatched in trays, smolts produced in raceways • Moving towards RAS hatchery systems • Sea Cages: • Placed side by side, called a seafarm or seasite

  7. Feeds • Salmon are carnivores • Feed contains fish meal • Also fed carotenoids so their flesh color matches wild salmon • http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=CKQU8ex8ric

  8. Water Requirements

  9. Disadvantages • High up-front cost • Risk of disease • Waste empties into oceans • Approximately 3 million genetically identical salmon escape from pens each year, interbreeding and outcompeting wild salmon populations.

  10. Advantages • Economically important fishery • Sustainable • Well-managed • Large % of jobs • Transformed a popular food source into a modern competitive business • Fulfills a demand for a popular fish year-round • Wild salmon costs more than framed salmon • Salmon has high nutritional value and is one of the safest to consume • It is a safe, eco-friendly answer to fish demand

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