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.

Salt lake artemia. Our cooperative s collective mission and goals are used to focus on producing quality artemia products preserving the environment and continuing to provide world renowned quality brine shrimp. Freezer storage is not necessary unless you intend on holding artemia for more than 6 months. Brine shrimp eggs gsl from utah u s a. Artemia occurs in vast numbers in the great salt lake where it is commercially important.

Several conditions affect the availability of the egg from year to year. We recommend that all bio marine brand artemia be kept in a cool dry place during transport and receiving. The brine shrimp artemia franciscana thrives here regardless of the salty water and fluctuating water temperatures. 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.

The ability of the artemia to produce dormant eggs known as cysts has led to extensive use of artemia in aquaculture. Even artemia kept under cool dry conditions will begin to vary its hatch within 3 to 5 over the course of 6 12 months. Artemia cysts great salt lake u s a. 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.

Salinity also affects the algae in the lake which the brine shrimp feed on. Salt lake brine shrimp. Great salt lake brine shrimp cooperative gsl artemia. The cooperative was formed in 2006 when sixteen harvest companies joined together to create the great salt lake brine shrimp cooperative inc.

However nowadays it is believed that the brine shrimp of this lake is another species a. Great salt lake artemia is building upon the tradition of quality dependability and nutrition that is synonomous with artemia from great salt lake. 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. Great salt lake artemia gsla officially known as great salt lake brine shrimp cooperative inc is a group of member companies working together to produce the world s finest artemia products from the world s greatest artemia source great salt lake.

Great salt lake brine shrimp cooperative gsl artemia. 66 89 122 5888. When the salinity falls below 5 the egg becomes less buoyant and is difficult to harvest. Taxonomy distribution and conservation artemia salina was first described as cancer salinus by carl linnaeus in his systema naturae in 1758.