Acadia Harvest Inc.
Ed Robinson
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Our Mission
• To produce premium, sustainable seafood on
land using innovative aquaculture technology
to help meet the world’s need for protein.
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Management Team
• Chris Heinig, President
– Marine biologist, 40 years with shellfish & fish
– Environmental monitoring experience
• Tap Pryor, Chief Scientist
– Marine biologist, 60 years with fish & molluscs
– Hawaii’s Sea Life Park and Oceanic Institute
– Founding director of NOAA
• Ed Robinson, CEO
– 30 years of life sciences - aquaculture,
pharmaceuticals, and biotechnology
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Building the foundation…
• Launched in Brunswick, 2011
• Growing/selling 5,000 yellowtail at University of
Maine aquaculture incubator (Franklin)
• Scaling up zero waste production system, using
invertebrates, algae and shellfish
• Pioneering aquafeeds using marine residuals,
minus fish meal
• Fundraising round $400 – 500K by Q3 2015
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Land-based aquaculture
Production in a
controlled environment
Corea, Maine
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California yellowtail
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Red labeled frozen fish from Japan’s coast or…
…fresh, unprocessed fish from Maine?
Global market 150,000 tons, ~$1.5 billion sales
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Black Sea Bass
• “Ideal plate sized fish”, compared to grouper
• Limited harvests, no commercial production
• 2012 harvest 2 mil. lb., $8 mil. wholesale (NOAA)
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Milestones
• Distributors in Maine, Boston, San Francisco
• $1.1 mil. grants from the National Science
Foundation (NSF)
• $750K NSF grant now pending
• $205K private equity invested
• $600K additional grants and debt finance
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Development Plan
• 2015 – Challenges
• Sell 5,000 yellowtail $170K
• Scale up zero waste technology
• 2016-2017 – Full Commercial Scale
• Final factory design, secure permits
• $7.0 million plus $1 million working capital
• 2016-2018 – Expand via investment, partners,
and licensing
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Ed Robinson
207-522-9342
edrobinson@acadiaharvest.com
www.acadiaharvest.com
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