Advantages of RAS Technology

The Groton, New York Facility
Our production facility is located in Groton, New York, near Ithaca and Cornell University. The Groton facility is an indoor RAS facility which utilizes a series of large circular tanks to grow tilapia. Inputs to the facility include fingerlings (baby fish), water, feed, oxygen, electricity and natural gas (for heat). The environment is strictly monitored and controlled. Fish waste is removed from the bottom of the tanks and sent to the sewer, while the water is filtered, reconditioned, and recirculated back to the tanks. As the fingerlings grow, they are transferred to increasingly larger tanks, until they are harvested.

Aquafilter Technology
The patented Aquafilter is a key to cost effectiveness. It cleans the water efficiently, allowing the fish to grow quickly and convert a substantial amount of feed to body mass. As a result, production using Aquafilter technology is significantly higher than production using older technology, and operating costs per pound drop substantially. Aquafilter technology is patented through the Cornell Research Foundation (CRF), and Fingerlakes has an exclusive worldwide license to use and distribute the technology. Fingerlakes believes that Aquafilter technology gives it a competitive advantage in the fish farming industry.