ABSTRACT
The oxygen consumption of postsmolt Atlantic salmon has been measured for three different generation of fish in an indoor pilot scale landbased plant. The oxygen consumption rate was found to decrease with increasing fish size and decreasing water temperature in agreement with the results from earlier investigations on salmonids. However, the consumption rates were higher than those given by Liao for Pacific salmon, but lower than more recently performed studies on Atlantic salmon reared in outdoor tanks. The data will be further analyzed to establish a model for oxygen consumption of postsmolt Atlantic salmon reared in landbased fish farms.
