Wageningen IMARES’ new aquaculture research facility started on 3 July 2008, in Yerseke, the Netherlands. These facilities allow IMARES to adequately answer present and future research questions. The new facility is located on the shore of the Eastern Schelde in Yerseke, the location where research, education and industry active in the field of aquaculture work together on innovations, national and international.
It is said that the new facility is supplied with sea water through a pipe line, delivering high quality water to the site. Intake water is mechanically filtered, skimmed and treated with ozone, and if required with UV. There are two research halls, each with its own recirculation systems, one technical support hall for water treatment, one for climate control and a water analytical lab.
It is informed that the new facility will be used to study the effects of interaction between fish and culture system, fish welfare, reproduction and nursery of various fish species, nutrition, sustainable aquaculture practices, shellfish reproduction, nursery and nutrition requirements, algae production, as well as the production of other invertebrates, such as ragworms.
