Salmo Salar Atlantic Salmon

Atlantic Salmon is caught in the area FAO 27, the Atlantic Ocean Smolt is the name for the stage in which salmon undergo a physiological change that enables them to move from fresh water to seawater.
Smolts are transferred to seawater in large tanks on trucks or in boats known as well boats. During the journey the salinity of their water is gradually increased to approach that of seawater.
Adapting to seawater, the smolts become young adult salmon. Their colour changes as they become dark on the back, silvery on the sides and pale underneath. The colorations of the parr and smolts provide camouflage for the fish in the wild, in a river then at sea.
The smolts are kept in net pens in the sea for on-growing and maturation into adult salmon. After just over a year in the sea the fish will have reached market weight of around 4.5 to 5.5 kg.
When the salmon in a pen have reached market weight, they are harvested.
The harvesting of fish — stunning, bleeding and gutting — can happen in one of several ways, depending on the production region. Each region has the same priorities of quality, cost, fish welfare and working conditions for employees.
Fish ready for harvest can be transported to the harvest station in a well boat, which has a large, aerated tank of water in which the fish are free to move around. Alternatively, a mobile harvesting station can travel to the farm.
Processing activities take place in specialised facilities in Norway, Chile, Canada, Scotland, Ireland, Belgium, France, the Netherlands and the United States. The processing plants, are operated to high levels of quality and hygiene, meeting tough specifications from regulators and from leading retailers around the world.
Processing fish for sale as whole fish or fish products happens in two stages, known as primary and secondary processing.  A third stage, known as value adding is also possible, where the further preparation creates products that are, for example, ready-to-heat or ready-to-eat.

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