BEIRAAQUACULTURE
Our facilities
THE SALT WORKS · SWAKOPMUND

Our facilities

A hatchery built on direct access to the Atlantic, operated in collaboration with Richwater Oyster Company.

4 Outdoor nursery ponds
≈1,000 m³ each
2002 Own microalgae
Laboratory since
3 Species produced
Oyster, clam, scallop
100% Seawater fed
From the Atlantic

On site

Everything from broodstock to shipment happens within the same site, under continuous control.

  • HatcherySwakopmund Salt Works
  • Microalgae laboratoryDaily live culture
  • Broodstock conditioning systemsYear-round
  • Larval rearing unitsMonitored water quality
  • Nursery systemsUpwelling · Paddle wheel
  • Outdoor pondsFour · ≈1,000 m³ each

Gallery

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The hatchery building at the Salt Works
Microalgae culture tanks inside the laboratory
Seed being graded in trays at the nursery ponds
Microalgae starter cultures under light
Outdoor nursery pond
Weighing clam meat in the processing line
Floating nursery deck on the pond
Larval rearing tanks
Laboratory bench with microscope and culture flasks
Seed trays in flowing seawater
The hatchery seen across the nursery pond
Broodstock conditioning systems
Upwelling nursery system
Paddle wheel raft on the lagoon
Graded shellfish seed produced at the hatchery, with a pen for scale
Live microalgae culture
Flamingos on the lagoon beside the ponds