For two years feeds company EWOS has been studying the effects of basing Atlantic salmon production on six-month-old smolts (S0s or S1/2s) rather than the traditional year-old fish (S1s), at its research station in Lonningdal. Here, it reveals its experiences and outlines potential pitfalls in using the younger fish
MORE and more Atlantic salmon production is being based on six- month-old smolts (S0 or S1/2), rather than the traditional year-old (S1) smolts - almost 20 million were transferred to sea cages in Norway last September.
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