CCAR, Acadia Harvest Featured on WLBZ
WLBZ (Channel 2) reported on the University of Maine’s Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research (CCAR) in Franklin and its partnership with Acadia Harvest Inc. to develop a startup business of growing yellowtail using land-based aquaculture production. The company, which partnered with CCAR in 2012, now has 16,000 young yellowtail fish that they are growing to market size. Growing the fish in a controlled environment allows the company to control the temperature of the water, PH levels and the food they eat to prevent high mercury content, according to the report.