Salmon-farming firm LocalCoho is hoping to sell its Auburn, New York, U.S.A.-based recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) salmon aquaculture facility.
The farm closed at the end of January 2025, and the firm donated 20,000 pounds of salmon fillets to Central New York families before the closure.
The company, formerly known as Finger Lakes Fish, was one of the few U.S. companies to bring land-based salmon to the U.S. market.
LocalCoho had a number of early successes, including a “best choice” rating by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch and a Best Aquaculutre Practices (BAP) certification – the first given to an RAS farm. Shortly after aquaculture investment firm Cuna del Mar made a major investment in the company, however, the company announced then-CEO Michael Fabbro's departure for Seremoni Fish in November 2024 and then its closure in early 2025.
Now, it appears that the company is looking to sell or rent its Auburn RAS location, which was listed for lease or sale in the March newsletter of the Aquacultural Engineering Society. Though LocalCoho was not mentioned in the advertisement, the location is known to have been listed to the company.
The site was advertised as an “aquaculture facility for lease/sale,” comprising 43,000 square feet, including a nearly 5,000-square-foot office, originally built in 2022.
Its condition was described as drained, dry, and move-in ready, and the ad called the facility a “Mixed Cell RAS, JLH Design,” with eight grow-out raceways, three fingerling round tanks, two steel smolt raceways, two steel finishing raceways, a hatchery, and a cold processing room.
LocalCoho produced salmon for a number of celebrated restaurants and retailers, including New York City’s Nobu, Hasaki, and Rosella Sushi, as well as delivery service FreshDirect.
