Freshwater Systems
Just like in nature, our Atlantic salmon live in freshwater for one year before transferring to the ocean. Commonly referred to as “hatcheries”, our freshwater facilities are actually state-of-the-art recirculating systems that reduce the amount of freshwater used and enable our experts to carefully control the environment in which our salmon grow.
Fertilized eggs from Atlantic salmon (Saint John River strain, New Brunswick) are incubated and fish are grown to about 15 g before they are transferred to larger tanks in the smolt buildings. As part of the proposed Project expansion, a post-smolt building will house larger salmon allowing the fish to grow to 250 g+ prior to transfer to sea. This will produce more robust salmon and reduce the amount of time salmon spend at sea.