Feed giant Skretting expanded its Lerang Research Station in Stavanger, Norway, to include a Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS) hall to conduct trials on salmon and trout feed projects.
The facility now includes 12 independent RAS that will enable research on feed and formulations, and also the evaluation of feed interactions and influences on system performance.
With the recirculation hall complete, Skretting now has RAS research facilities in Norway, Chile and Australia.
“Attempts to mitigate the biological risks associated with traditional aquaculture is leading to a lot of momentum for closed fish production systems, and this is happening all over the world,” said Paulo Mira, researcher and RAS expert at Skretting Aquaculture Research Centre (ARC).
