Saiki City: Promotion of flatfish growth: Irradiation with green LED light

Saiki City: Promotion of flatfish growth: Irradiation with green LED light

-Revolutionary aquaculture! –

Flounder farming:

Oita Prefecture boasts the largest production of cultured flatfish in Japan.

At the aquaculture site, a certain technology has been introduced and is attracting attention.

Green light:

Do you know that this flounder is being cultivated in a slightly different way now?

At the farm in Kamae, Saiki City, there is a “place illuminated by a green light”.

Oita Prefectural Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Guidance Center:

The image shows the behavior of flatfish in a normal aquarium and a water tank with an LED (light emitting diode).

You can see that the aquarium with the LED is moving more actively.

Demonstrated in the data.

It means that we are researching the factors behind the effect.

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