The facilities at the Centre of Fisheries and Aquaculture at NTNU (SeaLab) are one of the most advanced cultivation hatchery units in Europe. They were established in 2007 in order to stimulate interdisciplinary research and education in the fields of aquaculture and fisheries. The Centre is located at Sealab, which houses laboratories for the cultivation of both marine and freshwater organisms under controlled conditions.

NTNU SeaLab houses a range of experimental facilities, including two rooms with fish tanks and nine smaller climate-controlled rooms. All these rooms have access to seawater and freshwater and the temperature of the room and the water can be regulated. 

Continuous in-house cultures of live prey organisms (rotifers, Artemia, copepods) and microalgae provide a good basis for nutritional and developmental studies of marine fish during larval and fingerling life stages.

Analytical labs for analysis of biological samples are available on site. 

All the facilties at SeaLab are described in more detail on the official website of NTNU SeaLab.  

​​​​​The CODTECH experimental lab is a key facility at SeaLab and is equipped with:

• automatically controlled feeding
• water exchange
• online measurements of live feed density

Environmental variables, such as temperature, light, dissolved oxygen, carbon dioxide, and nutrient concentration are also monitored and controlled electronically. This can guarantee optimal cultivation conditions on a continuous basis.

Incoming water undergoes a microbial maturation process whereas effluents are submitted to an advanced disinfection procedure. The latter makes the facilities particularly attractive for experiments with different bacterial communities and possible contaminants.

All tanks have underwater cameras for remote observation. This combination makes the facility one of the most advanced cultivation hatchery units in Europe.