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1 Acadia Harvest Inc. Ed Robinson

2 Our Mission To produce premium, sustainable seafood on land using innovative aquaculture technology to help meet the world’s need for protein. Acadia Harvest Inc.

3 Management Team Chris Heinig, President Tap Pryor, Chief Scientist
Marine biologist, 40 years with shellfish & fish Environmental monitoring experience Tap Pryor, Chief Scientist Marine biologist, 60 years with fish & molluscs Hawaii’s Sea Life Park and Oceanic Institute Founding director of NOAA Ed Robinson, CEO 30 years of life sciences - aquaculture, pharmaceuticals, and biotechnology Acadia Harvest Inc.

4 Building the foundation…
Launched in Brunswick, 2011 Growing/selling 5,000 yellowtail at University of Maine aquaculture incubator (Franklin) Scaling up zero waste production system, using invertebrates, algae and shellfish Pioneering aquafeeds using marine residuals, minus fish meal Fundraising round $400 – 500K by Q3 2015 Acadia Harvest Inc.

5 Land-based aquaculture
Production in a controlled environment Corea, Maine Acadia Harvest Inc.

6 California yellowtail
Red labeled frozen fish from Japan’s coast or… …fresh, unprocessed fish from Maine? Global market 150,000 tons, ~$1.5 billion sales Acadia Harvest Inc.

7 Black Sea Bass “Ideal plate sized fish”, compared to grouper
Limited harvests, no commercial production 2012 harvest 2 mil. lb., $8 mil. wholesale (NOAA) Acadia Harvest Inc.

8 Milestones Distributors in Maine, Boston, San Francisco
$1.1 mil. grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) $750K NSF grant now pending $205K private equity invested $600K additional grants and debt finance Acadia Harvest Inc.

9 Development Plan 2015 – Challenges 2016-2017 – Full Commercial Scale
Sell 5,000 yellowtail $170K Scale up zero waste technology – Full Commercial Scale Final factory design, secure permits $7.0 million plus $1 million working capital – Expand via investment, partners, and licensing Acadia Harvest Inc.

10 Ed Robinson 207-522-9342 edrobinson@acadiaharvest. com www
Ed Robinson Acadia Harvest Inc.

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