The farm is run by producers and processors Jean Marc Pirlot
and Daniel Verdier, whose farm is situated in the Ariège
department of France at the foot of the Pyrenees. The rainbow
trout are reared in floating cages on the 600ha lake Lac de
Montbel, which benefits from water renewed every year from
melting snow from the mountains.
The farm will rear 80 tonnes
annually, against a 100-tonne authorised maximum. The rearing
density is limited to 35kg/cu m and the rearing cycle is two
months longer than normal. The fish are fed on feed containing
protein and marine-based lipids with cereals, some of which
are organic, but no colourant.
The farm produces trout with
white flesh to distinguish it from salmon or standard
production, non-organic trout, and avoids producing large
specimens, as this market segment is dominated by Norwegian
product.
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