SALMOTRIP: unlocking the potential of triploid Atlantic salmon in culture

Dr John Taylor presented what he described as ‘a whistle stop tour of eight years of In a European funded project that began in 2008, the researchers embarked on a three

the project, they are bringing all the research

It occurs spontaneously in nature, he pointed

oysters, and rainbow trout, for instance – and there is great interest in applying the technolo

Sterility, in theory, means that more energy Taylor, and ‘if we could capitalise on the higher

and it became clear that triploids had been

requirements and found that if they fed triploids bespoke triploid diets

‘We conducted a series of trials feeding triploids in freshwater and

‘At the end of 2014/beginning of 2015 we applied both freshwater and

‘What we are now seeing is how they perform in commercial condi

itself and the team is currently looking at stress factors, such as handling

With two more years of the project to go, the key challenge is the com looking at the inheritability of other traits of interest; more work on