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Local Canadian Successes - Land-based Salmon Farms in BC
to
"Taste of BC (Steelhead) is expecting
commence development of a 1500 Tonne (50
Million) expansion in BC this year. Blue Star Foods
is expecting to up list from the OTC to Amex or
Nasdaq as soon as Q2 2021 to facilitate this
growth.
Further aggressive plans to reach 21,000 MT by
2028"
BLUE
STAR
Steve Atkinson CEO
Taste of BC Aquafarms / Blue Star
Blue Star Foods Corp. Signs Term Sheet to Acquire Taste of BC Aquafarms, Inc.
Acquisition Would Signify a Strategic Investment into the Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS) Industry
Miami, Florida - December 28, 2020-Blue Star Foods Corp., (OTC: BSFC) ("Blue Star"), a sustainable seafood
company, announced today that it has signed a term sheet to acquire Taste of BC Aquafarms, Inc. ("Taste of
BC Aquafarms"), a family-owned and operated land-based Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS) salmon
farming operation, based in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada, subject to certain closing conditions.
"We believe land-based salmon farming can be part of the solution of healing our environment and will meet
the gap between the growing global demand of salmon and a supply that is limited by its environmental
impact, as well as geographical and governmental constraints," said the Company's Chairman and CEO, John
Keeler. Mr. Keeler added, "While there are other public companies pursuing a similar business strategy,
including Aquabounty Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:AQB) and Atlantic Sapphire AS (OB:ASA-
ME)(OTC:AASZF), we believe this opportunity is massive and has plenty of space for several participants."
Mr. Keeler continued, "We are very thrilled to partner with the Atkinson family, the founders and operators
of Taste of BC Aquafarms, who have been pioneers in RAS farming since 2010. They've built a proven and
scalable model and we are excited to strategically fund their next level of growth and use our sales platform
to market their delicious, sashimi-grade, Steelhead Salmon."
"We are delighted to be joining Blue Star Foods through this acquisition. From the beginning, I wanted to
create a RAS model that we could easily replicate in multiple locations, with predictable outcomes, and leave
a legacy of a new Industry of land-based salmon production in British Columbia and beyond," said Steve
Atkinson, President of Taste of BC Aquafarms. He added, "We took a different approach than others in
developing RAS for salmon production. First, we wanted to develop a proven, successful culture system, and
now we are looking to deploy this system in multiples. Our modular design strategy works and is highly
scalable. I see no reason why the RAS Salmon production in BC cannot potentially exceed 100,000 metric tons
annual production in the next two decades. Along with Blue Star, we intend to be leaders in this new
industry."
Growing Demand for Marine Protein and RAS Technologies Growing Importance
According to the United Nations' estimates, by 2050, the world will have an estimated 9.8 billion people, a 2
billion increase in population from 2020. With a growing population, it is expected that there will be an
increase in demand for protein food sources, and a significant amount of that demand will be for marine
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