Travel Time

Have been on the road a lot. 

Trying to decide where to put the first overseas GBT production farm.

It is exciting yet a bit daunting. We have come so far these past 3 years. 

We have radically redesigned the system, added new and evolutionary management procedures, redesigned the entire modular housing units, completely redesigned the grow out ponds, and much, much, more, and most importantly, assembled a world class team that understands the complexities of the GBT technology and shares the global vision. 

The production operation here in Texas should start actually growing shrimp over the next few weeks to a month or so. 

This incredibly brutal winter that has stricken so much of the USA has not spared south Texas.

Temperatures have been abnormally low, rain abundant, more clouds than sun, and so forth. 

I would say the weather alone has us about 3 months behind where we would like to be, but if there is one "old saying" that stands the test of truth and time it is "there is nothing you can do about the weather". 

(At least, not in the short term, the global warming issue is something else again). 

Can't write a lot tonight as I am heading out early in the morning for a flight to Japan.

A very exciting opportunity may be opening up in Asia. 

I will know a lot more in a week or so.

Just got back from 8 days in Colombia last Saturday. 

Colombia has a lot to offer as a possible location for a GBT production facility. On that trip I was accompanied by my friend and partner Stephen LaPointe. 

We are still assessing the various pros and cons of developing a shrimp production facility in that country.

There are actually 5 strong potential respective country candidates that have made the short list to be the location of our first overseas operation.  

We will be assessing the numerous critical components that are essential to our success in each of them over the next few months. 

We will looking at possible sites and quantifying other relevant factors, such a infrastructure, distribution routes, power sources and prices, and much more. 

In any case, I promise to try and be more entertaining or more insightful and perhaps, some what wiser in future blogs. 

For the moment however, let me share with you a quick picture of a new acquaintance I made in Bogota the day we departed to return to the USA. 

He had more attitude than Clint Eastwood playing "Dirty Harry". 

                             This guy did "make my day".