Research and redevelopment
aquaculture’, Perry continues. ‘That was the key driver when we started. Peter Southgate and Ruth Layton at Benchmark both have
a real focus on animal health and welfare. As such, the species we’re looking to cultivate have a bent to- wards sustainability, such as wrasse
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The species we’re looking to cultivate have a bent towards sustainability
and lumpsuckers for biological sea lice control.’ Ardtoe is already producing Ballan wrasse (‘which have the advantage of being disease-free and do not impact on wild fi sh stocks’, explains Treasurer) and lumpsuck- ers for the commercial market, as well as turbot, dover sole, haddock and cod – though as there is no market yet for these fi sh, they are farmed in much smaller numbers and sold to aquaria and for experi- mental purposes. Ardtoe also has its own shellfi sh hatchery (see pages 56-7), and
Clockwise from opposite page: View of Ardtoe; MD Tim Atack; Ben Perry, Operations Manager; Porphyra culture; kelp gametophyte cultures; Laminaria digitata gametophytes cultured bt seaweed technologist Daniel Carcajona; underside of a lumpfish showing the ventral attachment
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