Fillet quality and yield of farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.): variation between families, gender differences and the importance of maturation

• Main Author: Acharya, Deependra
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås 2012
• Subjects: Atlantic salmon; fillets; texture; selective breeding; yield factors; Salmo salar; VDP::Agriculture and fishery disciplines: 900::Fisheries science: 920; Norway; Slaughter
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/186065

The aim was to study biometric parameters, yield and fillet quality traits of farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) belonging to the 2008 year class of the breeding nucleus of SalmoBreed AS, Norway. The offspring analyzed belonged to 213 dams and 111 sires, in total 1181 individuals. The salmon we...