The plant will serve Atlantic Sapphire’s recirculating system (RAS) operations in Homestead in Miami-Dade County.
Under the terms of a new agreement, Skretting will build and finance the feed plant, while Atlantic Sapphire will commit to source the majority of its salmon feed demand from Skretting over the contract period, which is set to span 10 years.
The Miami based RAS salmon producer plans to grow, by 2031, 220,000 annual tons of salmon. Feed is the company's largest cost component.
Skretting is currently supplying feed to Atlantic Sapphire and other RAS orientated salmon producers in North America via its Canadian operations.
Having a local feed source will reduce production costs – by around USD 0.3/kg head on gutted (HOG) - as well its GHG emissions significantly, according to Atlantic Sapphire.
Awaiting permits
The construction of the new feed plant is subject to Skretting receiving all the necessary building permits
In terms of timelines, a spokesperson for Skretting told FeedNavigator that while it doesn’t have precise visibility on when construction would start, it expects that it would take roughly two years to have the facility up and running after all necessary documentation is obtained.
She would not disclose expected production volumes for the proposed plant but said Skretting was intending to build “sufficient capacity for the entire sector, which is an exciting prospect as we expect the demand for salmon to continue to grow in the US.”
The fish feed manufacturer currently has a number of collaborators in the land-based sector.
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