Land-based coho salmon producer Finger Lakes Fish, which markets its fish under the Local Coho brand name, said it is attracting investor interest in its plans to build a second production site in Illinois as part of a wider strategy to go nationwide.

The company, with a fledgling land-based operation in Auburn, New York, on Thursday became the world’s first recirculating aquaculture system technology (RAS) coho salmon farm to be awarded the Global Aquaculture Alliance's (GAA) Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification.