Currently the facility contains a fully equipped laboratory, both pump ashore and recirculation units, seawater filtration and treatment complex (uv, ozone, biofiltration), seawater storage silos, workshop and office.
The company also has access to shellfish long-lines and finfish cages for on-growing experiments and also a farm boat and rib.
The building itself is used for the hatchery, which contains conditioning broodstock tanks, larval rearing tanks, settlement tanks, and algal rearing units. Outside the building there are two systems in operation containing larger tanks (4m2 and 1m2).
A second building houses a dedicated breeding programme facility. This is the first such breeding facility in Ireland.
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The Irish marine sector currently has a turnover of €3 billion and supports over 44,000 jobs.
