In the basement of an industrial building in Ahuntsic-Cartierville, some 50,000 small fish splash around in a circular basin while waiting for their feed ration.
These arctic char are the first fish to be produced in the first commercial urban fish farm in Quebec.
“The hatching took place in mid-December, and we’ve been feeding them at full capacity for three weeks,” said David Dupaul-Chicoine, president of Opercule.
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