Land-based Aquaculture in the balance. Audio from a UCN webinar on the falling favor of RAS

 On September 23rd, Under Current News held a webinar  on Landbased Aquaculture's future, featuring  Maggie Fried of CREO, Erik Tveteraas of Nutreco and  Karl Øystein Øyehaug of Atlantic Sapphire. Following introductions, host Matt Craze gave a 5 minute presentation on the  issues facing RAS fishfarming, then posed  questions to the panel  about rising construction costs and how it has dampened investor enthusiasm, and more. The challenge of community opposition is also examined.

 After the introductions, UCN host  Matt Craze posed a number of questions including  some of these asked by viewers in the webinar chat.  [ I and perhaps others asked for the effect to the LBA wannabee universe of the  prolonged successful litigation by community groups  and others over the proposed siting of a   certain Maine project.  Recording# 15 it what came of that]   

1. Introductions 4min

2. Matt Craze Presentation 5min24sec

Question 1  Is there there financing beyond Scandinavia? Risk.

3. Maggie Fried (CREO) 5min21sec 

4. Erik Tveterass (Nutreco) 4min34sec

5. Craze reminds audience to send in questions 14sec

6. Karl Oynstein-Oyehaug (Atlantic Sapphire)  8min 24sec

7. Maggie Fried 2min32sec     How do investors think about land based aquaculture?

8. Erik Tveterass  24min 21sec What is the minimum  size of RAS operations to be viable?

9. Maggie Fried 2min25sec   What metrics are  big investors concerned with?

10. Erik Tveterass 5min27sec What is the minimum amount of revenue for a RAS project?  

11. Erik Tveterass 2min23sec What about barramundi  or other species for LBAs?

12. Maggie Fried 2min 6sec  Landbased pricing v conventional salmon farms pricing.

13. Erik Tveterass Nutreco 6min 17secs  How look at  the costs in RAS project?

15 Maggie Fried 3min 5sec  What about environmental concerns?

14. Closing  6min17sec  Questions from audience and  are there  known unknowns?

15  Full recording 1hr 13min