Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University of Newfoundland

The Aquaculture Facility has:

• five independent recirculating systems capable of using fresh or salt water and two flow-through fresh water systems
• live food culture laboratory (zooplankton and algae)
• quarantine laboratory
• feed preparation area
• necropsy laboratory
• bacteriology laboratory
• histopathology laboratory
• an alarm monitoring system with 24 hour on call personnel

This facility is available to clients for:

• growth and performance trials in both fresh and saltwater for a range of aquatic freshwater and marine species
• production of dry, moist and live feeds for experimental studies
• health studies requiring quarantine conditions for endogenous pathogens
• conducting industrial training workshops for aquaculture employees and other personnel