Fry are now about 40 days post-conception. Larger fish are pushing an inch. They are now getting chunky in width and depth. I am providing am supplementing forage with a combination of live and dried feeds. Indoor fish at least four times mass of those outside. Fish now move into structure rather than away when a shadow goes over them. Current size is now in range where typical small nets / seines will pick them up. Soon I will place them in tanks of an RAS where they will be fed exclusively on a salmon starter until they are about 2.5 inches long which for many will be realized in another 45 days. Then they will be tagged and combined into a larger tank where they will be pushed to breeder size by next spring.
Aquaculture Cooperative Research / Extension Lincoln University of Missouri
