Krill Canada Corporation
Krill are a type of shrimp-like marine invertebrate animal. These small crustaceans are important organisms of the zooplankton, particularly as food for baleen whales, manta rays, whale sharks, crabeater seals, and other seals, and a few seabird species that feed almost exclusively on them.
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- Business Type:
- Manufacturer
- Industry Type:
- Aquaculture
- Market Focus:
- Internationally (various countries)
What is Krill?
What is krill? The name comes from a Norwegian term meaning 'small fry', and specifically refers to a species of pelagic marine planktonic crustaceans. Antarctic Krill, known as Euphausia Superba, are about 4 - 5 cm in length and look very much like shrimp.
Each krill consists of about 15% high quality protein containing vital amino acids and about 3% fat and vitamins. It supplies minerals such as iron, phosphorus, and calcium. It is human consumption grade, widely used in seafood recipes in the homes and restaurants of Japan as it is very nutritious and a natural source of energy.
In the winter, the Antarctic and its sea-ice ecosystem together are more than three times the size of the USA.
Nature's Unique Food From the Antarctic
- This vast frozen expanse
- harbors tiny Krill among
- the ice crystals beneath it.
Krill are caught in the clear Antarctic Ocean and are processed within one hour and packed onboard specially equipped ships to ensure it's freshness, taste and superlative quality.
Krill is offered in many different forms. We have frozen fresh and blanched, freeze-dried, krill meal, krill meat and krill paste. We hop to offer krill oil and krill protien soon.
Krill is widely used to feed marine life in aquarium, large and small. It is also of interest in the aquaculture field as wel as the nutraceutical, as it is very abundant, ther being an estimated 50 billion tons in the Antarctic of which only a small percent is being harvested.
Krill travel the Southern Ocean in huge swarms that are so dense and large they can literally turn the ocean surface pink.
Krill are one of the most important elements in the Antarctic food chain. They feed on microscopic plants (phytoplankton) that float around the Southern Ocean)