| Common name: |
Atlantic salmon
|
| Scientific name: |
Salmo salar
|
| Production potential: |
Easy
|
| Marketing potential: |
Potential: High
Size: 1.5-5.0 pounds
Market: Food
|
| Temperature Requirements: |
Growing: 50-62oF
Spawning: 42-50oF
Lethal: NA
|
| Feed requirements: |
Protein: 45-50%
Fat: 4-5%
|
| Spawning requirements: |
Spring spawners, 800 eggs/lb. body
weight . |
Most common
production systems: |
Raceways, circular tanks, and net pens. Raceways may yield up to 1.5-2.0 lb per cubic foot
with a water flow rate of 2.5 gallons per minute. |
