INDIGO SEAFOOD, LLC
TAMPA, FLORIDA

Indigo has assembled a dynamic team of individuals with the background, experience and knowledge to execute this business plan and take the company to profitability. The team has strength in the key areas of scientific experience, business management expertise, and offshore facility logistics. With over 75 years combined experience in Aquaculture and 100 years in Marine Biology, they have the practical experience necessary to negotiate unforeseen circumstances. The most distinct advantage Indigo enjoys is its management team. These individuals represent some of the few with the relationships, experience and familiarity with the technology required to consider this venture. Along with this history in the industry, the connection to the key players in this industry on a global scale is unmatched. From the experience of the management team, we have an understanding of which technologies to choose in the areas of hatchery, grow-out, feed supply, harvesting, and product delivery. Having been advocates and participants during development of many of the recent technological advances in the industry allows access to both the successes and failures of past ideas. Product Quality – Indigo has chosen only highly valuable species to produce and will also further add value, and subsequently price, by producing certified, sustainable fish. When Organic standards are officially endorsed for seafood, Indigo will be well positioned to adopt them. All of this quality control translates not only to safety, but especially to taste. Indigo’s products will be known as the best tasting, freshest, and healthiest fish available. Indigo will implement supply chain traceability, documenting the entire history of feed sources, including testing history of the feeds and products. One of the key elements to Indigo’s uniqueness as a company and what will be a primary facilitator of success is the approach to resource management. Farm raised fish receive a diet with varying amounts of fish protein in the pellets. It is this protein that not only makes the diet attractive to the fish, but also gives it the nutritional value that is desirable. The source of the protein for almost all farmed fish is fishmeal, made from commodity forage fish. Even though a fish can already be farmed with half the amount of fishmeal that would be consumed by a wild-caught fish, Indigo plans on reducing this amount even further. By using alternative sources of protein in its feeds, including soy and other agricultural grains, Indigo can further improve sustainability. Few aquaculture companies are reducing the consumption of forage fish in this manner. Indigo understands the value of the support from the local community and will continue to maintain the proper cultural respect and encourage participation. Indigo will be engaging several different communities in the direct management and work on the offshore operations. It is vital that the people of Palau see and share the benefit of the company’s success. About Indigo Seafood Indigo will use pure and sustainable components to produce certified, safe, and nutritious seafood products, in an environmentally sustainable manner. Initial production will include Leopard Grouper, Indigo will build a highly profitable and sustainable aquaculture company to radically improve the lives of thousands of Palauan families. A key emphasis in this project is the significant social impact that such a business can have on local communities. By using equipment and methods that can be taught to local island fishermen and workers, we will maximize the number of Indigo’s employees. The direct impact on the community will include not only the over 75 employees of Indigo, but also the additional 70 giant clam farmers who will benefit from Indigo’s clam and coral operations. In a country with a population of 20 thousand, bringing full employment to 100+ families can have an enormous impact. According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the world will need an additional 27 million more metric tons of seafood per year by 2030 just to maintain the current per capita consumption level. Wild caught seafood harvest has been flat at its apparent maximum since 1990. The increase in production since then has come entirely from aquaculture. About Indigo Seafood Indigo will use pure and sustainable components to produce certified, safe, and nutritious seafood products, in an environmentally sustainable manner. We are waiting to here from you!