Lobster Ongrowing on land
Ongrowing lobsters on land
Northbay has a history of European projects which have involved the European lobster. This provided the background to this project and technology. We’ve applied new and innovative solutions which have moved on from lobster hatchery equipment into commercial production and farming of the European lobster. Northbay is currently working with two European companies and is working with a marine research station to trial the first units.
We currently have technology designed to grow lobsters within an upwelling technology up to 250 g. The systems utilize two forms of feeding; one is flow-through water carrier feed and the other is individual pot feed which can be carried out by hand or can be operated by feed robot.
The research that Northbay has been involved with, and partnerships, has enabled us to work on nutrients and feeding behavior to develop the best systems and procedures.
Northbay grow-on lobster cubes
The first stages of grow-on occur within the lobster cube system. This is a multiple tray upwelling system with three increasing tray sizes.
The lobster cube system holds 2000 lobsters in 20 trays.
Lobster cube No:2 which holds 720 lobsters
Lobster cube twin is a binary system holding 704 lobsters up to 15 g
One advantage of this system is that the feed is carried by the same circulation and pump that normally operates the water circulation which means there is no rebalancing of the systems during and after feeding saving time and reducing error. Upwelling systems have repeatedly demonstrated faster growth and increased stimulation to feed. The systems can also be automatically controlled reducing labour cost and have the advantage of smaller multiple feeds including at night when staff may be absent.
Northbay grow-on 960
This product from Northbay is designed for the commercial onshore growing of European and American clawed lobster. It uses upwelling technology to stimulate feed and growth and remove waste effectively, which is difficult in a mono system. The system features a unique feed system that can readily be fully automated.
Lobsters in the system are fully observable although what we created is a space that replicates the cavity which a clawed lobster would seek out as a refuge. Each lobster is fed individually.
This system uses twin holding units to enable a stocking level of 960 lobsters to mid-size and 336 to output size.
