After closure of the commercial fishery, redfish became one of the most prized recreational catches, a delicacy only available to those who go out to catch it themselves. Considered one of the “Big Three” sportfish in Florida, the “Fishing Capital of the World”, saltwater sportfishing is a $9.2 billion industry supporting over 88,000 jobs. Preservation of the wild fish has paid off environmentally AND economically. Pairing a well understood biological culture process with Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS) technology, we can have the best of both worlds. Our goal is to bring highly prized fish back to the menu with no compromise of wild stock.
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Pine Island Redfish, the first recirculating aquaculture system (#RAS) to farm red drum in the U.S., has recorded its first harvest. The company’s first cohort is being harvested at its pilot operation at Mote Aquaculture Park in Sarasota, Fla. The farm’s regenerative #RAS technology repurposes #fishwaste nutrients to cultivate #carbon sequestering mangroves and nutrient-dense halophytes, such as sea purslane and barilla.
???? Debut harvest for Florida's Pine Island Redfish ?? The #Florida #RAS #aquaculture start-up, co-funded by Megan Sorby and Tom Sorby, is celebrating its first commercial harvest of #reddrum, with its #fish available in Publix Super Markets and selected restaurants in Florida. ?? “Since launching #PineIslandRedfish late in 2023, we have concentrated on our biological prep work at our demonstration scale facility. And now, our efforts are paying off. March 2025 marks our first #harvest and now we begin to fulfill the strong #retail and #restaurant demand for this incredible fish across the US," said CEO Megan Sorby. ? Read more ?? https://lnkd.in/dcY3mfF7
COMMUNITY is KEY! We are so energized by visitors to the farm, and the hundred 5th graders that joined us from Altavista Elementary were certainly full of it! Funded by the Green Jean Foundation, these kids got straight to work checking out our #redfish, preparing our #mangroves for repotting, and helping clip and start new beds of #seapurslane. They may have eaten more of our #seavegetables than planting, but we are ok with that! It is engagement with our community members like this that stokes our fire - these kids remind us of the importance of #seafood grown right and how our #regenerative #aquaculture is improving the resilience of our coastal ecosystems already
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The latest edition of International Aquafeed is now available in-print, online and on our app! The features in this edition begin with an insightful article about 'Conducting fishery pre-assessments?Insights From an Auditor' written by Paul Mosnier, Aquaculture & Fisheries Consultant, MRAG Ltd, UK. The Fish Farming Technology portion of our magazine is as packed as always, with a feature from John Buchanan, CEO, Debbie Plouffe, VP of Business Development, and Emma Crolla,?Associate Marketing Director, The Center for Aquaculture Technologies (CAT), USA, which discusses 'Rise of Genetic Innovation in Aquaculture Advancing Productivity?&Sustainability' This editions aquaculture spotlight focuses on Maine, USA, highlighting the various marine ventures (namely land-based and RAS farms) that are growing in the area, and was written by?Dianna Fletcher, Founder, Fletcher Media, USA. Finally, this month International Aquafeed was lucky enough to interview Brandon Witte, CEO, Sightline Systems Corporation. Brandon has a rich career in the industry and we were able to sit down and talk to him about why he chose this field, the importance of data intelligence, the use of AI and much more! In order to read our latest edition, visit HERE: https://lnkd.in/ed3fJDfW
Congratulations to this year’s recipients of Acme Smoked Fish Corp Seafood Indistry Climate Awards. Your work is incredible and inspiring! Thank you, Acme, for celebrating critical businesses and initiatives that create a better seafood future for us all! We have benefited greatly from Acme’s support as a former recipient, and we are excited to celebrate this year’s winners for their amazing work! The future of seafood is so bright! ??????
At the heart of our mission is a powerful value: being a Citizen of Seafood. This means we're dedicated to reversing the tide of climate change and making a real impact on the planet. One of the ways we bring this to life is through the Acme Smoked Fish Foundation’s Seafood Industry Climate Award (SICA). ???? ? SICA is our flagship initiative with the goal of identifying the most promising solutions that will lower the carbon footprint of the seafood industry and increase the leadership role of women and minority communities. ? Today, we're excited to announce the winners of SICA for 2024: Council of Great Lakes Governers, Oceans 97 and Gulf of Maine Research Institute! ?? Each of these trailblazers will receive $70,000 (with a special Dedicated TD Bank Award for Gulf of Maine!) to launch groundbreaking initiatives that will reduce carbon emissions and drive greater diversity across the industry. ? A huge round of applause to these incredible organizations—your innovation and leadership are paving the way for a more sustainable and inclusive future! ???? ? To learn more about SICA, click the link below: https://lnkd.in/engcYiH8
What a way to start our year! Sincerest?gratitude to be nominated for the prestigious The Earthshot Prize.?This award, founded by Prince William and?The Royal Foundation of The Prince and Princess of Wales?in 2020, supports the critical change we need to see in our world by scaling innovative solutions that repair and regenerate the planet.? Among their five key categories, Pine Island Redfish focuses on driving a model of #regenerative #aquaculture that provides #sustainable #seafood while #reducing waste and #revitalizing our blue ecosystems. We are creating a circular framework where the environment thrives, consumers enjoy nutritious seafood, and coastal communities are strengthened for the future.?And we are off to a strong start in 2025 with our?#mangroverestoration work with our collaborators at MANG, and growing our beautiful #redfish. We are so honored to be considered among the amazing work taking place around the world, and our greatest wish is that this passion is contagious and inspires more regenerative aquaculture, dedication to sustainability, and catalysts to achieving our climate goals. #regenerativeaquaculture #sustainableseafood? #blueecosystems
Starting 2025 off with a MANG! ???? We are so grateful to have spent the first weekend of the year with amazing volunteers and community members on our Pine Island site cleaning out some old infrastructure to make way for our BRAND NEW MANGROVE NURSERY in collaboration with MANG! This is the start of developing our new home and a major milestone for Pine Island Redfish and our work with MANG. So excited to prep and transfer the thousands of west coast bound mangroves here for growing strong ahead of replanting! More than this, what a privilege to spend the weekend with a community of volunteers so engaged and interested in #regenerative #aquaculture and #mangrove #restoration! The greatest impact we can make as aquaculture producers is to build #community relationships and create an ecosystem of #resilience and #sustainability in our food production. Thank you to these committed neighbors and colleagues! We are so lucky to have you!
There’s no better way to start the year than digging through a pile of salty, black gold from our #redfish that will be fueling potting mix for our next batch of #mangroves! Big thanks to our 2024 cohort of redfish for this year of learning, growing, and empowering the future of restoration for our coastal community! Thank you to our founding partners, colleagues, friends and mentors for pushing us this year! Looking forward to expanding our work in 2025, bringing these beautiful fish to market and getting more gorgeous mangs out on the coast ????????
We are ready ?? Celebrating an upcoming milestone - our first commercial harvest of red fish! Thanks to Liza Mayer and Undercurrent News for the preview of our harvest and continued interest in our #regenerativeaquaculture technology, supporting #coastalresiliency and bringing circularity to our local food system. ?? A year of hard work by Megan Sorby, Tom Sorby and the Pine Island Redfish team is paying off. ?? Where can you find the first Pine Island Redfish harvest ?!?! ?? Check back for more in 2025! ?? #regenerativeaquaculture #innovation #womeninaquaculture #redfish #mangroves
Pine Island Redfish, a land-based recirculating aquaculture (RAS) operation in Florida, is gearing up for a major milestone: its first commercial harvest of red drum in a few weeks at its temporary facility at Mote Aquaculture Park in Sarasota. For CEO Megan Sorby, this is an exciting step forward for sustainable aquaculture in the region: "We are thrilled to bring our fish to market as the first production from Pine Island Redfish — the first RAS-raised red drum produced right here in Southwest Florida." Undercurrent News has the story: https://lnkd.in/gYYTPVKV #landbased #aquauclture #seafood #foodsecurity Dianna Fletcher
Nothing more exciting than our #redfish continuing to outperform their growth curve. More biomass means more fuel for our #mangroves! #Seafood nourishing us ?? and #restoring our #coasts ???? Looking forward to some upcoming events and the launch of this year’s special harvest. ????????