Atlantic Sapphire is working on growing large, healthy salmon at its Miami, Florida-based RAS as the company transitions from startup to salmon farmer.
After years of work and a few shortfalls, Atlantic Sapphire is transitioning from a startup with lofty goals for eventually farming salmon in a recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) in Miami, Florida, U.S.A. to a producer of salmon that’s being served to customers.
Atlantic Sapphire Chief Sales and Marketing Officer Damien Claire told SeafoodSource during Seafood Expo North America – which ran from 16 to 18 March in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. – that the company’s current trajectory can largely be tied to its change in leadership. Atlantic Sapphire picked former Cermaq Chile Managing Director Pedro Courard to serve as its CEO in May 2024, replacing founder Johan Andreassen who announced his departure in October 2023.
“Everything is related to that change,” Claire said.
He said the initial stages of the company required the vision and entrepreneurial drive Andreassen brought – and now that it is operating and no longer in startup mode, Courard’s leadership has helped it mature into a more stable operation.
“Pedro’s already put his fingerprints on how we do things, how processes are managed, and what his vision is for the future and the current-, middle-, and long-term of the company,” Claire said.
That current focus is the fundamental mission of Atlantic Sapphire: Producing salmon...
