Matís has good facilities and a strong team of experts in the field of aquaculture research, especially in terms of feed and fish behavior.
In the Matís experimental farm, which is colloquially called MARS (Matís Aquaculture Research Station), there are three aquaculture systems that consist of two RAS systems (Recirculation Aquaculture System) and one flow-through system.
- RAS 1 consists of 36 pots, each of which holds about 200 liters of water / sea.
- RAS 2 consists of 24 pots, each of which holds about 800 liters of water / sea.
- The flow-through system consists of 48 pots, each holding about 20 liters of water.
In MARS, among other things, feed is developed and produced from new proteins, in addition to which growth and digestibility experiments are carried out on various fish species. There is also a great demand from feed producers and aquaculture companies around the world for service projects in MARS. Among other things, they produce feed from raw materials that these parties are developing (or buying from their suppliers) and then growth and / or digestibility experiments are performed on the feed.
In MARCH, we work with different fish species, as well as fish at different stages of life, from juveniles to adult fish. The species that have been caught in MARCH are Atlantic salmon, tilapia, trout, rainbow trout, white-tailed prawns and oysters.
There are few experimental farms in the world that can offer services comparable to Matís in terms of feed production and aquaculture research. In addition, there are significant synergies with other areas within Matís, such as chemical measurements, microbiological measurements, sensory evaluation, processing, product development, etc. There is a great demand for collaboration with Matís in the fields of feed and aquaculture, both in research projects and service projects.
We at Matís are very proud of the facilities and knowledge that exist within the company and look forward to future aquaculture and aquaculture research.