Day 3 - Fish, fish, and more fish

I'm going to try and keep this short and sweet because I'm exhausted. Today was awesome!! We got to tour a company that raises Salmon from fry to smolt, finally sending them to the sea pens. The system this company had set up was absolutely amazing! Their water quality tech was so efficient, and seeing thousands of fish was so cool. After the tour, they surprised us with a ton of salmon hors d'oeuvres. The ceviche was my favorite. :)

We then went to a fish oil and fish meal processing plant. I'm not gonna lie, it smelled pretty bad. But apparently not as bad as a rendering plant? Idk, I've never been to a rendering plant so I still thought this was pretty bad. But we got to get all geared up in PPE and see all the machines in action. It was pretty cool to see HACCP plans and CCPs in person (and not just learn about it in class).

Not pictured: hard hats and ear plugs

Finally, we went to see the first step in salmon processing. I am so I awe at how these companies are letting our group see literally every single part of their plant. It was so cool!! Never-mind the fact that I couldn't stomach eating salmon for dinner lol, it was still really cool. I'll be ready for more seafood by tomorrow. :)

We all look amazing in this PPE

All in all, I'm exhausted but learning a ton. Can't wait to see what tomorrow brings. :)

Abrazos y besos,
Joslyn :)

Daily Bible Verse:
The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
-Psalm 145:8