Great Salt Lake Artemia

Artemia international llc is a bulk supplier of artemia cysts brine shrimp and other specialty feeds and equipment for the aquaculture industry worldwide.

Great salt lake artemia.

Artemia cysts are used as live feed for larval stage fish and shrimp in hatcheries in europe asia central and south america and around the world. Look for the green label marked gsl. Some species of artemia have only females but the great salt lake population has both males and females. Artemia are able to avoid cohabiting with most types of predators such as fish by their ability to live in waters of very high salinity up to 25.

You ll see some of utah s top urban attractions like the mormon trail temple square old deseret village the state capitol building fort douglas and sites from the 2002 winter olympic games. Great salt lake brine shrimp cooperative inc. About great salt lake brine shrimp cooperative. Artemia populations are found worldwide in inland saltwater lakes but not in oceans.

Artemia occurs in vast numbers in the great salt lake where it is commercially important. The great salt lake brine shrimp cooperative is a group of member companies working together to produce the world s finest artemia products from the world s greatest source great salt lake. The brine shrimp artemia franciscana thrives here regardless of the salty water and fluctuating water temperatures. Go sightseeing in salt lake city with ease on this 4 hour coach tour.

All of our products have been tested certified and proven by. Taxonomy distribution and conservation artemia salina was first described as cancer salinus by carl linnaeus in his systema naturae in 1758. Although small they serve as an essential food source for millions of birds that breed or stopover at the great salt lake during migration and in recent years these shrimp support a multi million dollar commercial harvest. Many people who visit the great salt lake don t even notice the most numerous inhabitant of this ecosystem.

The cooperative was formed in 2006 when sixteen harvest companies joined together to create the great salt lake brine shrimp cooperative inc. We take pride in providing quality products and service in helping you achieve your goals in this ever changing industry. However nowadays it is believed that the brine shrimp of this lake is another species a. Cooperative is the premier producer of high quality artemia cysts brine shrimp eggs in the world.

The male can be distinguished by his grasper antennae which almost look like a giant handlebar moustache and the female can often be seen with two small orange or pink egg sacs at the base of her tail.