Facilities

Carna Research Station is a pump-ashore marine research facility on the west coast of Ireland with a large land bank (c.7 hectares), sea access and local pier.

• 20L sec-1 seawater supply with water intake and effluent treatment units (filtration and UV)
• Academic building (for teaching and workshops)
• Aeration and oxygenation networks
• Air compressor
• Automated back-up electrical generator
• Broodstock holding tanks (2.5 m3)
• Compound and dissecting microscopes
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• Fish feed formulation/production unit
• Furnished offices with IT equipment
• LAN network with wired and wireless broadband
• Live food culture systems – microalgae, rotifers and Artemia
• Marine hatchery and nursery units with 24 tanks of varying sizes from 800L to 2000L
• Molecular Laboratory – genetics and immunology
• Seaweed Hatchery
• Temperature and photoperiod controlled rooms
• Two dedicated experimental areas with multi-replicated tanks from 440L to 1200L with temperature control
• Water flow failure automated alarm system
• Wet laboratories for sampling and sample processing
• Workshop