On Land Fish Farms in the USA

Looking to back up the prime movers in the US move to on-land fish farms for their environmental and sustainability reasons, and consumers who want ethical food, I ran through my post on the 338 on-land fish farms I have found aroung the world.

It is here: https://fishfarmnews.blogspot.com/2016/05/152-different-on-land-fish-farm-systems.html. And the move will grow far beyond the million metric tonne visions at present.

From that list and my GOOD NEWS POST, on on-land, I have put together the movement in the US: https://fishfarmnews.blogspot.com/2020/09/good-news-post-links-to-on-land-closed.html.

The major projects are Atlantic Sapphire in Florida, aiming at 150,000mt, and 260,000mt in the long run, along with Nordic Aquafarms 33,000mt, AquaBanc 10,000mt, and Whole Oceans, the latter having also taken a long-term lease with the on-land Namgis project on the Nimpkish River, BC. In other words, the US on-land industry is heading to 5 times the output of BC's in-ocean farms.

But there are many more, Aquacon, for instance that is ultimately looking at 45,000mt.

"Zohar has been working on aquaculture research and technologies for nearly two decades. He said with this new partnership, AquaCon can seize on a huge economic opportunity in farming Atlantic salmon in the U.S. About half a million tons of Atlantic salmon is consumed in America annually, and about 95% of that salmon is imported from overseas, he explained. That accounts for about $3.4 billion annually in seafood imports. Now that land-based aquaculture technologies are mature enough to enable major domestic farming operations, many states and corporations are looking to offset that trade deficit with their own production efforts, Zohar said."

From: https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2020/07/06/auqucon-to-invest-1-b-in-md-fish-farming-effort.html.

But there are more in the US, numbered from my on-land fish farm post:

See my list of 338 on-land fish farms: https://fishfarmnews.blogspot.com/2016/05/152-different-on-land-fish-farm-systems.html:

37. Building Integrated Aquaculture - aims to put a farm in every city whree they would purchase fish.

42. Urban Fish Farms - consumers are gowing tiliapia in their apartments, so no need to buy fish.

60. CNN Sustainable Blue, and also number 85, with the aim for hundreds of on-land farms.

155. Inland Sea, to raise 5.3M pounds of salmon.

163. Whole Oceans, 10,000MT and aiming for 50,000MT

176. Atlantic Sapphire - 150,000mt, then to 250,000mt

179. Superior Fresh, 120,000 lbs of salmon and 40,000 lbs of trout.

187. Aquabounty

211, and 212. Nordic Aquafarms - building three farms, 33,000mt.

213. Aquabanc.

216. Aquabanc, 10,000mt.

219. Kingfish Zeeland.

235. Pure Salmon aiming for 260,000mt in all its projects, with 20,000mt for its US on-land farm, Project Jonah, Virginia.

Added to this are more than 25 other projects in the US from 50- to 500mt fish.

And the world of on-land fish farms is heading to over 1 million MT in the next five years. Let me remind you that BC's output is a measely 85,000MT.

In-ocean is a dinosaur that is dying. BC needs to be on the crest of the movement to land, not stuck polluting our ocean to the conservative tune of $10.4B sewage damage. The reality is that BC in-ocean will be wiped out by US on-land, as 85% of its product goes there, and the massive move to on-land will wipe out BC sales to the US.

See: http://fishfarmnews.blogspot.com/2017/02/fish-farm-sewage-huge-cost-to-bc.html.

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And here is an update article on cost comparisons around the world, on-land and in-ocean for selling in the US where BC salmon goes:

666. AKVA Says On-land Competitive at NOK 51 to 65-kg - also, 1M to 2M increase in on-land by 2030 could be absorbed by the market. Note that the US market could absorb 50% more fish, meaning BC in-ocean is doubly likely to fail: https://www.undercurrentnews.com/2020/12/01/akva-land-based-salmon-farms-competitive-at-nok-51-65-kg-region-depending/?utm_source=Undercurrent+News+Alerts&utm_campaign=23cb3f0300-Americas_briefing_Dec_01_2020&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_feb55e2e23-23cb3f0300-92426209.

Costs to compete are a bit lower in the USA, at NOK 51- to 54-k to compete with Chilean salmon; and NOK 53- 56-kg from Norway. This is a very good post on comparisons, and shows that on-land is competitive.

And another operation coming closr: 733. Aquacon Hires New CFO - USA, Maryland, for plant climbing to 15,000MT, to first harvest in 2024, on its way to three plants, the others to begin harvest in 2026 and 2028: https://www.undercurrentnews.com/2020/12/31/norways-aquacon-hires-skinderhaug-as-cfo/?utm_source=Undercurrent+News+Alerts&utm_campaign=98cee23e06-Americas_briefing_Dec_31_2020&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_feb55e2e23-98cee23e06-92426209.