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modifying the production plant drawing on present experience.
    «Our production goal for 1990 is set at 50,000 juvenile halibut,» says Sea
Farm «we believe that this goal is fully realistic, based on the known-how we
have gained and the survival we have achieved from egg to juvenile.» One of
the priorities is to establish a brood fish inventory, which has enabled Sea Farm
to plan a considerable production of halibut eggs for the future. «The halibut
has shown very good growth and mortality has been low» says the company.
The farmed halibut will be a high-quality product and the fish has a high mar-
ket potential.

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   juvenile                          малек
   weaning                           отлучение от матери
   to wean                           отлучать от матери
   cannibalistic nature              каннибальская природа
   halibut                           палтус
   breakthrough                      переломное открытие, прорыв
   succeeding                        последующий, следующий
   larvae                            личинки
   larva                             личинка
   silos                             силосная яма, силок
   mortality                         смертность
   brood fish                        производитель, самка-производитель
   inventory                         учет, подсчет (популяции)



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                     LAMINARIA CULTURE IN JAPAN

    The kelp, Laminaria japonica, is a temperature coldwater brown alga, natu-
rally distributed in the northwest coastal areas of the Pacific Ocean. In the late
1920s, several fronds of kelp were found growing under a pier, in Dalan, Liaon-
ing Province. In the early 1930s the Northheast Fishery Company of Japan in-
troduced Laminaria to Dalan for experimental culture. However, because of ad-
verse natural conditions technical problems, progress was slow. In the 1940s, the
highest annual output was only 60 odd tones dry weight. Since the founding of
the People’s of China, the Government has placed great emphasis on the devel-
opment of Laminaria cultivation. Special institutions were established and sys-
tematic research was carried out on Laminaria biology, seedling rearing, gro-
wout technology and so on. At the same time, investigations were conducted on
environmental conditions in culture waters. By the mid-1950s, successful raft
culture methods were worked out. In this method, floating rafts are installed in a
suitable culture area and Laminaria seedlings are reared and cultured artificial
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