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Pacifico Aquaculture
Ocean-Raised Striped Bass
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he Pacifico Aquaculture site has a number of 25 meter floating cages dedicated to the growth of one species—striped bass (Morone saxatilis). Pacifico Aquaculture has ramped up production over 300% over the past two years, and expects to double production each year through to 2019.
Early Days Eric Pedersen and Rex Ito decided to venture into striped bass aquaculture in 2012. The striped bass is an 22 »
Just 8 miles off the coast of Ensenada, Baja California, on the lee side of Todos Santos Island, is the world’s only marine striped bass farm. anadromous fish distinguished by its great taste, quality and demand in niche markets. As this species was relatively new to aquaculture, they had to develop the production technology from scratch. Based on trial and error and significant collaboration with academic experts across the United
States, they succeeded in producing striped bass juveniles at pre-commercial levels and in growing striped bass larvae to market size over the course of multiple pilot crops. In 2013, they brought a batch of juveniles acquired from an external supplier, and simultaneously per-