Title: Formerly:
1Formerly Isis Arctic Char West Virginia Aqua
2West Virginia Salmon Trout
- Dave Russell
- Senior Vice President Product Development,
MariCal Inc -
- Operations Manager
- Virginia Cobia Farms
3Blue Ridge AquacultureMartinsville VA
- Acquired 70 Stake in WV Aqua/ Isis Arctic Char
in January 2008 - Remaining 30 retained by former owners
- MariCal Inc. of Portland Maine contracted for
interim management and transitioning of facility
to trout and salmon production
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54 million lbs of tilapia per year
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7MariCal An Animal Health and Nutrition Company
Founded 1996 Portland ME 28 Full Time
Employees in 4 Countries SuperSmolt- Over 100
million smolt produced with technology to date
for Global Salmon Farming Industry Marine Fish
in Low Salinity- VCF Bio-fouling Terrestrial
RD Efforts -swine, cattle, and poultry
8MariCal Recirc Experience
- Research lab has multiple RAS systems
- 8 years of research on Trout and Salmon in RAS
systems - Incubation/larval rearing
- Freshwater
- Saltwater
- Smolt Production
- Commercial RAS Facility Experience
- Staff has 40 years experience working with RAS
- Facility design operation
- Technology at 25 commercial RAS facilities
globally - Egg incubation
- Larval rearing
- Multiple Species
- Salmon
- Trout
- Arctic Char
- Cod
- Tilapia
9Extensive knowledge of all aspects of production
from egg thru harvest due to need to validate and
evaluate our technology
We are not newcomers to Trout and Salmon
10Blue Ridge Vision for the Future500 million lbs
of Seafood Production in one or two centralized
locations
- Diversify Species Portfolio
- Tilapia, Shrimp, Cobia, Salmon and Trout
- Acquire/develop satellite commercial scale RD
facilities - Increase production capacities of each site upon
merits and feasibility of location - Select one or two locations for large scale
centralized multi-species production - West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina are
possible locations - Looking for sites of 500 to over 1000 acres in
size - Add feed milling capability
- Byproduct Utilization opportunities for reduced
production costs and sustainability - Market positioning
- Eco-friendly, sustainable, safe, and high in
heart healthy omega-3 fatty acids - One stop shopping
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11Plan is underway
- Large Scale tilapia production exists in
Martinsville Virginia - Production being increased by another 10 million
lbs in 2008 - Satellite facilities for other species
established - Cobia- Virginia Cobia Farms
- Shrimp- Virginia Shrimp Farms
- Trout and Salmon- West Virginia Salmon Trout
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14Virginia Cobia Farms LLCa joint venture between
- Blue Ridge Aquaculture of Martinsville Virginia,
the largest tilapia fish farm in the United
States - Produces 4 million lbs of fish annually indoors
- MariCal LLC, an International Animal Health and
Nutrition Company based in Portland Maine with
broad global aquaculture experience
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16Virginia Cobia Farms- Pilot facility
17Broodstock tanks at VCF
18West Virginia Salmon Trout
- Arctic char being phased out
- Last of Char will be gone by April
- Trout eggs are now in the hatchery
- Majority of production will be trout
- Will produce pigmented fish of about 4 lbs
- Salmon eggs to arrive soon
- Use of MariCal technology to overcome
smoltification/de-smoltifications cycles in
freshwater. - Use of technology to achieve seawater growth
rates in fresh water environment
19Thank You