After a lot of discussion and thought the directors of our company have decided that over the next 6 months we want to focus on finding the funds to expand our production capacity in south Texas.
I am very content with that decision.
There is something comforting about working in the USA. Despite our problems this is still (to me) the greatest country in the world.
From what I have experienced the past year, Texas is also a very hospitable State in which to do business.
I like the people here.
Also, there is a bit of karma in this decision. The initial impetus for this project came from research that was developed to see if there could be a sustainable aquaculture industry within the USA.
Our system proves beyond a doubt that the answer to that question is "yes".
Right now once we get to full production capacity this single greenhouse we have can produce about 80,000 pounds of head on jumbo shrimp annually. Not exactly a massive number but better then "none".
We feel we can expand that capacity to about 1.2 million pounds annually with an investment between 6-8 million USA.
After that we can finance internally to grow production to a target goal of ten million pounds annually.
That is a lot of shrimp to be "Made in America". So, that is the plan now we have to make it happen.
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