{"id":7349,"date":"2021-07-29T17:03:33","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T17:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.seafood-harvest.com\/?p=7349"},"modified":"2023-01-23T11:16:58","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T18:16:58","slug":"aquabounty-technologies-plans-ohio-salmon-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seafood-harvest.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/29\/aquabounty-technologies-plans-ohio-salmon-farm\/","title":{"rendered":"AquaBounty Technologies Plans Ohio Salmon Farm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6037\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seafood-harvest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Seafood-News-11.jpg\" alt=\"seafood news\" width=\"500\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seafood-harvest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Seafood-News-11.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.seafood-harvest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Seafood-News-11-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7192506947MsoNormal\">AquaBounty Technologies, Inc., a land-based aquaculture company utilizing technology to enhance productivity and sustainability, today announced that it has identified Pioneer, Ohio as the location for its planned large-scale farm for the Company\u2019s proprietary genetically engineered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seafood-harvest.com\/?s=salmon\">salmon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7192506947MsoNormal\">The new farm will be AquaBounty\u2019s first large-scale commercial facility, with a planned annual production capacity of 10,000 metric tons \u2013 approximately eight times the size of its farm in Albany, Indiana, which has an annual production capacity of 1,200 metric tons. The Company is finalizing the design for the estimated 479,000 square foot facility and expects to invest over $200 million in the project.\u00a0 Construction is slated to begin in late 2021 and the Company anticipates commercial stocking of salmon to commence in 2023. Once in operation, the farm is expected to bring over 100 new jobs to the region.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"AquaBounty Farm Tour\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vAaLNE28fvA?start=2&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7192506947MsoNormal\">\u201cWe are excited to announce Pioneer, Ohio as the location of our next farm,\u201d said Sylvia Wulf, Chief Executive Officer of AquaBounty. \u201cAfter an intensive analysis of the site data and the completion of substantial due diligence, Pioneer met our selection requirements.\u00a0\u00a0 The Village of Pioneer, Williams County, the State of Ohio, JobsOhio and the Regional Growth Partnership have all been a pleasure to work with and are highly supportive of the economic benefits we plan to bring to the community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7192506947MsoNormal\">\u201cThe state of Ohio currently is finalizing a package of economic incentives to support AquaBounty\u2019s location at the Pioneer site, as the<b> <\/b>plan for the new farm is contingent upon approval of state and local incentives.<b>\u00a0 <\/b>Details of the site purchase have been agreed upon and we expect to begin construction by the end of the year,\u201d concluded Wulf.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seafood-harvest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/pexels-larissa-deruzzi-6546168.jpg\" alt=\"aquabounty technologies\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seafood-harvest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/pexels-larissa-deruzzi-6546168.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.seafood-harvest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/pexels-larissa-deruzzi-6546168-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.seafood-harvest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/pexels-larissa-deruzzi-6546168-360x240.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7192506947MsoNormal\">\u201cAquaBounty\u2019s decision to choose Ohio for its first large-scale aquaculture facility is more evidence that Ohio is emerging from the pandemic stronger than before,\u201d said J.P. Nauseef, JobsOhio president and CEO. \u201cThis investment will bring 112 new jobs to Northwest Ohio, further solidifying the region\u2019s role as a national leader in agribusiness production and distribution.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/aquabounty.com\/\">Visit the salmon company&#8217;s website to find out all about what they do.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"level__left\">\n<div class=\"level__item\">\n<div class=\"js-copy-attribute-content photo-page__adp-cta__container__attribution\">Top Photo by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/@kampus?utm_content=attributionCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=pexels\">Kampus Production<\/a><\/strong> from <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/photo\/person-holding-chopsticks-with-food-on-plate-7576028\/?utm_content=attributionCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=pexels\">Pexels<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Second Photo by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/@deruzzi?utm_content=attributionCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=pexels\">Larissa Deruzzi<\/a><\/strong> from <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/photo\/delicious-poke-bowl-with-vegetables-and-raw-fish-6546168\/?utm_content=attributionCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=pexels\">Pexels<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AquaBounty Technologies announced Pioneer, Ohio as the location for its planned large-scale farm for the Company\u2019s proprietary genetically engineered salmon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":7351,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[70],"tags":[556,67,139,140,80],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seafood-harvest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7349"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seafood-harvest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seafood-harvest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seafood-harvest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seafood-harvest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7349"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.seafood-harvest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7356,"href":"https:\/\/www.seafood-harvest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7349\/revisions\/7356"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seafood-harvest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seafood-harvest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seafood-harvest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seafood-harvest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}