The Aquaculture Imperative

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Commercializing Ocean Resources Aquaculture
Biomedicines
Don Kent Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute

• Presented at the
• Maritime Business and Technology Summit
• San Diego, California
• November 16, 2010

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The Aquaculture Imperative
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Increasing Global Domestic Demand
40 million more tonnes of aquatic food will be
required by 2030 to maintain the current per
capita FAO 2006
Over 83 of USAs seafood is imported
Courtesy Jingjie Cho, NOAA Aquaculture
NOAA Strategic Goal 1.5 million more tonnes by
2025
At a landed price of 4/kg this is 6 billion
supporting 60,000 seafood industry jobs for a
benefit of 24 billion to the US economy.
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Technology is well-established and can be
engineered to each site
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Site Requirements

• Need
• 100 ft lt and gt 350 ft deep
• Clean water with consistent current
• SCB offers an ideal climate
• predictable temperature
• Infrequent extremes
• Avoid conflicts
• Outside busy coastal zone
• Sandy bottom
• Close to seafood industry market and distribution
  centers

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San Diego has Everything Needed
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Value of Fish Landed in San Diego for
2006(Values are in 1,000 USD)
San Diego Is No Longer the Tuna Center
Total harvest 7 million
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2006 Landing Weight and Value by Port
S. Calif. Landings
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Efficient Use of the Offshore Environment
S. Calif. Fishing Areas 194 x 100 sq. mi.
19,400 sq mi
Commercial Fishing 100K mt worth 59 MM/19K sq
mi 3,041/sq. mi.
Offshore farms 100K mt/yr in 40 farms in 20 sq.
mi. worth 400 MM at 4/kg 20 million/sq. mi.
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• Baja California Tuna Farming

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The Sonoran Marketing Plan

• Estimated 50K tons of Hamachi Yellowtail is
  imported to USA every year
• _at_ 12/Kg 600 million

• Hermosillo to
• Los Angeles 500 miles
• Chicago 1,550 miles
• New York 2,200 miles

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Thank You!
Commercializing Ocean Resources Aquaculture
Biomedicines
Don Kent Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute

• Presented at the
• Maritime Business and Technology Summit
• San Diego, California
• November 16, 2010