Far from being deterred by the stalled progress of an expansion of its Florida indoor shrimp farm, land-based recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) firm American Mariculture is now eyeing a much larger expansion of the facility.

Two years ago, American Mariculture said it was investing $7 million (€7.2 million) to expand shrimp production at its Pine Island, Florida, farming site.

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But with only about a third of work completed, slowed down by the post-COVID challenges of high labor costs and shortages of building material supplies, the company pulled the plug on the expansion in early 2022, planning instead to wait until the situation normalized before continuing with the work.