In the Americas there is an incredible emerging mariculture industry, which comes out due to the fact that there are different marine species for which it has been necessary to develop knowledge for each one of them and learn the specific management or "know how" for each species in several specific sites with a high range of temperatures and different environmental interactions.
When I talk about an "incredible industry" I am talking about an industry with fertile soil for all enthusiasts who love aquaculture, particularly marine fish and that we have had the opportunity to try new farming methods, develop new technical protocols and challenge the premises that are held in the Salmon and S ea B ream and S ea Bass that are available in the Mediterranean to compete in the global market with species of high nutritional and economic value.
In the King Kampachi hatchery in La Paz, B.C.S., 18 months after launching, we have produced under controlled conditions nearly one million juveniles that have been stocked into offshore cages . To do this, we had to solve several bottleneck issues such as:
We reached our latest milestone i n September 2019, when we were able to deliver a commercial juvenile batch ( 100,000+ juveniles transferred offshore) completely in a RAS system, during a summer when the water temperatures reached and sometimes exceeded 30 Celsius . At these temperatures everything changes in a hatchery: water quality, live feeds, and of course a high stress period that were an impediment to reaching an acceptable production of juveniles for production plans .
This milestone opened a new window for production in the toughest season of the year, giving us new opportunities to satisfy a high value fish market in Mexico and in the world.