Overview of an integrated offshore cobia farm in Panama’s Caribbean Sea
a world pioneer in Open Ocean Farming
Avoidsstakeholderconflict
Farfromsensitiveecosystems
Why The Open Ocean
Betterforthefishandtheenvironment
Createsopportunitiesfornewspecies andnewlocationstobefarmed
Open Blue Cobia Growth Cycle
2-4 months 10-15 months 1-3 Days
12+ Months from Hatch to Harvest
Kosher
• Annual Capacity for 2 million fingerlings / 1 million juvenile cobia
• Average 20% LR survival from 2 dph34 dph (1g)
Hstchery & Nursery in Viento Frio, Colón
Hatchery & maturation in Rio Hato, Coclé
NURSERY – 1600 m3
(1-200 grams – 2.5 months)
❖ 10 x 100 m3 tanks in flow-through mode
❖ 5 x 100 m3 RAS
❖ Maximum Stocking density 25 kg / m3
❖ Production Plan: 100,000 juveniles/month
❖ Automatic feeder and Oxygen control
• Dual Dip / Injection vaccine
• Max exchange 70%/hr
• Up to 0.7mT/day of feed
• 120 mT max annual biomass output
JUVENILE TRANSFER AND STOCKING
100-300g
• Truck 4 x 5m3
• Boat 2 x 10m3
• Max 100kg/m3
• 2 shipments / day
• 25,000 x 150g juveniles / day
OUTPUT DATA AND QUALITY GRADE ASSIGMENT
OPENBLUE WeightFrequencyDistribution
FechaUtimoTratamiento deForma naporestanque
Pen Stocking Data
Juvenile Grade
Lotesincluidos
PIONEERING RESEARCH
• NUTRITION
University of Miami
• GENETICS
Universidad de Chile
James Cook University CAT
• VACCINE DEVELOPMENT
Center for Aquaculture Technologies
GENETICS (CAT)
• Genotyping
• Relatedness Matrix
• FCR / Lipid content experiments
• Brooklynella resistance marker
MIRAMAR BASE AND OFFSHORE OPERATIONS
• 400 mT Feed storage
• Fleet port
• Ice Plant
• Admin / Maintenance
OFFSHORE FARM
• 8 miles from land
• Depth 50-70 meters
• 24 SeaStations (6400 and 14500 m3)
• 2,500 mT annual capacity
FEEDING AND HARVEST OPERATIONS
• Feeding: Camera and diver supervised
• Up to 20 mT per day
• Harvesting up to 5 days/week
• Up to 12 mT per day
OBSF Processing (Llano Bonito): Day 1 Primary Processing
• Primary process done separate from finished products.
• De-scaling, heading and gutting
• Chemical free process
OBSF Processing – Day 2: Secondary Processing
• High tech process and packing.
• Fillet / skinning / portioning / packaging / freezing tunnel
• 10 minutes to the airport
• Value added products facility
• Chemical free process
Rendering Plant @ Vacamonte since June 2022
• Converting processing offcuts into FM/FO
• Closing the sustainability circle – Zero Waste
• Committed to convert 2000 MT of byproduct annually
OPEN BLUE COBIA: A TRUE PREMIUM PRODUCT
Cobia fish raised in the open ocean off the coast of Panama has a Uniquely Buttery and Mild Flavor. It is also rich in heart-healthy omega-3s
Where we are taking it
Recovered and populating digital ecosystem
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