Why can young salmon be held in the hatcheries until there is net pen space available?
Once young salmon are ready to leave the hatchery they must be moved in a relatively short time. Growing bigger by the day, they simply out grow the space available. Coming in behind each group of fish is another new crop of fish to take over the raceway space they live in. Labor, food, materials and transport trucks have to be scheduled in advance to move millions of these young fish. This involves millions of fish from several installations, so it requires considerable planning and coordination.
