Our Work Over the Years

Since 1998, PR Aqua has been designing and implementing Recirulating Aquaculture Systems in facilities for various clients around Canada, the United States and a few other locations outside of North America. Explore and contact us with your project ideas today!

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Target Marine Hatcheries Ltd.

Location British Columbia, Canada
Facility Grey Creek Hatchery - Salmon Smolt RAS
Species Atlantic Salmon Smolt
Year 1998
Scale 500 m3 total culture volume
Notable First commercial salmon hatchery RAS in Canada

Marine Harvest Canada (MOWI)

Location British Columbia, Canada
Facility Wolf Creek Hatchery
Species Atlantic Salmon Smolt
Year 2001
Scale 1.75M smolt
Notable Full facility design and build

Marine Harvest Canada (MOWI)

Location British Columbia, Canada
Facility Big Tree Creek Hatchery - Fry and Smolt RAS
Species Atlantic Salmon Smolt
Year 2002
Scale 3000 m3 total volume
Notable Multiple RAS facilities 
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Marine Harvest Chile

Location Chile
Facility Rio Copihue Hatchery
Species Atlantic Salmon
Year 2003
Notable First RAS facility in Chile (demonstration facility)

Millbrook First Nations

Location Nova Scotia, Canada
Facility Millbrook RAS
Species Arctic Char
Year 2003
Scale 100 MT

Salmones Multiexport

Location Chile
Facility Puerto Fonck Hatchery
Species Atlantic Salmon
Year 2005
Scale 1000 m3 total culture volume

Target Marine Hatcheries Ltd.

Location British Columbia, Canada
Facility Grey Creek Hatchery - Sturgeon Growout RAS
Species Sturgeon
Year 2007
Scale 500 m3 total culture volume
Notable Sturgeon caviar production facility
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Chelan Public Utility District

Location Washington, USA
Facility Eastbank Hatchery - Pilot RAS
Species Chinook Salmon
Year 2008
Scale 220m3 total rearing volume
Notable First application of RAS in Columbia River Basin salmon enhancement hatchery

Alaska Department of Fish and Game

Location Alaska, USA
Facility William Jack Hernandez Hatchery
Species King Salmon, Silver Salmon, Rainbow, Arctic Char, Lake Trout and Arctic Grayling
Year 2011
Scale 6M fish annually, 10,000m2 building area
Notable Largest Public RAS Facility in the World. In excess of $120M total project. Multiple species and stocks.
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Harvard University

Location Massachusetts, USA
Facility Children's Hospital Zon Aquatic Laboratory
Species Zebrafish
Year 2011

Alaska Department of Fish and Game

Location Alaska, USA
Facility Ruth Burnett Hatchery
Species King Salmon, Silver Salmon, Rainbow, Arctic Char, Lake Trout and Arctic Grayling
Year 2012
Scale 1.5M fish annually, 5200m2 building area
Notable In excess of $20M total project. Multiple species and stocks.
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Brigham and Women's Hospital

Location Massachusetts, USA
Facility Aquatic Laboratory
Species Zebrafish
Year 2012

Aquaseed

Location Washington, USA
Facility Domsea
Species Coho Salmon
Year 2012
Scale 180mT
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University of Oregon

Location Oregon, USA
Facility Huestis Hall Aquatic Laboratory
Species Zebrafish
Year 2013
Notable Largest Recirc Aquatic Research Lab in North America

Kuterra Limited Partnership

Location British Columbia, Canada
Facility Closed Containment Salmon Farm
Species Atlantic Salmon Smolt
Year 2013
Scale 400 MT
Notable First Land Based Salmon Farm in North America

Taste of BC

Location British Columbia, Canada
Facility Model Farm
Species Steelhead
Year 2013
Scale 100 MT
Notable Model farm initiative funded by Canadian government

Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC

Location British Columbia, Canada
Facility Nechako White Sturgeon Conservation Center
Species Sturgeon
Year 2014
Scale 250 m3 culture volume

Confidential Client

Location British Columbia, Canada
Species Atlantic Salmon Smolt
Year 2016
Scale 3.5 million smolt, supporting 17,500 mT production in net pens
Notable Expansion of fry and smolt production capacity. Development of effluent treatment facilities for the site.

Confidential Client

Location British Columbia, Canada
Species Atlantic Salmon Smolt
Year 2016
Scale 5 million smolt production, supporting up to 25,000 mT production in net pens
Notable Extensive rebuild of old infrastructure and expansion of rearing capacity. Included full site planning and engineering. 

Urban Organics

Location Minnesota, USA
Facility Urban Farm, St. Paul
Species Arctic Char, Rainbow Trout (plus plant production)
Year 2017
Scale 125 MT fish
Notable Commercial urban aquaponics facility

Great American Aquaculture LLC

Location Connecticut, USA
Facility Ideal Fish
Species European Sea Bass (Branzino)
Year 2018
Scale 142 MT
Notable Urban marine RAS. 
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Colorado Catch

Location Colorado, USA
Facility HSB RAS Facility Rebuild
Species Hybrid Striped Bass
Year 2018
Scale 270 MT
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Government of Kuwait

Location Kuwait
Facility Kuwait Institute of Scientific Research (KISR)
Species Multiple marine species
Year 2018
Scale 1000 m3 total culture volume
Notable 12 independent RAS. Complex international coordination. 

Habitat Life Science Inc

Location British Columbia, Canada
Facility Aquaponics Pilot
Species Coho Salmon - Cannabis
Year 2019
Scale 20 m3 culture volume
Notable Design and supply equipment for a aquaponics pilot project to grow salmon and cannabis & preliminary design for full scale expansion
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Yakama Nation Fisheries

Location Washington, USA
Facility Holmes Ranch - Samson Building
Species Coho Salmon
Year 2019
Scale 920 m3 culture volume
Notable Design, Supply and provide construction and commissioning support for salmon enhancement facility. 

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