A renovated trout egg incubation facility has opened in Washington, US, with the ability to incubate as many as 100m trout eggs at one time.
Following its acquisition and subsequent redevelopment by Netherlands-founded Hendrix Genetics, Troutlodge, located in Bonney Lake, Washington, can incubate eggs at several different temperatures, as well as sterilising and reusing the incubation water several times.
Congressman Dave Reichert, who opened the facility, said: “The new Troutlodge incubation facility is of critical importance to retaining jobs in the 8th Congressional District. Each year their 60 employees work hard to produce about 500 million trout eggs, of which the vast majority are exported. This is a great example of how exports help drive business and support jobs.”
With the acquisition of Troutlodge, Hendrix Genetics, which also owns Landcatch, is believed to be the largest global supplier of live trout eggs.
It operates fourteen breeding and production locations on three continents.
