Our next stop was the Institute for Fisheries in Born, Germany, where we met Dr. Ralf Bochert. Dr. Bochert gave us a tour of the research facility. Our first stop was to the Born Trout rearing building. The Born trout is a variation of trout developed by artificial selection. It survives in brackish water and is tolerant of poor water quality. It can also tolerate higher water temperatures that a typical rainbow trout. Some call it the “champagne of trout” for its rich, fatty taste.
The research center features a state of the art indoor recirculating aquaculture system used to conduct research on trout, pikeperch and sturgeon. The facilites were amazing and the research designed to optimize of aquaculture techniques in fresh and brackish water.