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Raising Healthy, Happy Trout at Blue Stream Aquaculture
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Our products reflect our passion for sustainable protein. There is no denying that we gravitate toward aquaculture because the importance of locally raised fish is so great, but also because our core team came from building and running aquaculture operations throughout New England.
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Cape Cod, Massachusetts |
Charlestown, New Hampshire |
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Blue Stream Aquaculture, LLC - Cape Cod - is an eight-acre Trout Hatchery located in West Barnstable, Massachusetts that was built in the late 1850’s. Our farm is naturally artesian fed, flowing through both natural and man-made ponds, raceways and a hatch house where brown, brook, rainbow and tiger trout are spawned and raised year-round.
At Blue Stream Aquaculture (BSA) we hand select all of our brood fish for spawning to ensure quality eggs that will thrive and grow into quality fish for both stocking and eating. Spawning season takes place in the fall of each year and eggs are cared for daily in our “Hatch house” until hatchings are 30 to 45 days old. Hatchlings are raised with great care and are given feed specially formulated for their size and species 15 days after hatching. Fish are then moved into outdoor raceways or tanks that are shaded and covered to protect the young fish. As they grow, our fish are split or graded into lager sand bottom raceways or tanks and continuously monitored. We use the highest quality feeds available to us to ensure the fish are healthy and looking their best throughout their maturation. Our pristine 52-degree water source and low stocking densities allows Blue Stream to limit handling and reduce stress on the fish. We feed them the highest quality feeds we can, and as a result, our fish require no vaccinations or antibiotics. This makes our fish ideal for stocking ponds for fishing and enjoying as a delicious meal. BSA Cape Cod has recently installed a solar array with battery back storage to offset grid energy use. We strive to lower our carbon foot print to serve our local markets with responsibly raised, high quality product. We are continuously improving our system through restoring raceways, tanks and improving our water filtration methods. Our sustainable, resilient farm will allow for continued production of healthy and vibrant fish at Blue Stream Aquaculture for years to come. |
Blue Stream Aquaculture NH, LLC - Our Charlestown, New Hampshire fish are raised in a newly constructed state of the art Recirculating Aquaculture System (RAS), that was designed, fabricated and constructed by BSA staff. Our staff have over 75 years of combined experience in design, build out and operations of RAS. From our experience, each system is designed for specific species, taking into account the health and well being of the fish raised at each life stage, energy conservation and output of high-quality products we all expect.
Juvenile fish are sourced from high quality hatcheries and are given food formulated for each species, as well as being housed in a separate “Nursery Facility”. In this facility, optimal conditions are controlled and monitored 24 hours a day ensuring the fish well being. Fish are fed high quality feed formulated for each life stage as they move through the Nursery facility. With close daily monitoring there is no use for antibiotics or medication. As Juveniles grow and grow out of their “Nursery Facility” they are then moved to larger grow-out tanks and once again are monitored 24 hours a day. Fish are raised at low densities to ensure optimal health and fed feeds formulated for their optimal nutritional needs. All fish are held at optimal temperature and both natural and artificial lighting is used to produce the highest of quality fish for markets. BSA New Hampshire is currently producing Rainbow and Brook Trout that are ready for market today! Designs and fabrication are underway on adding greenhouses to utilize the nutrient rich water from the fish facilities. Concurrently staff is working on a two-prong energy plan to reduce the need for grid connection as they have done on other farm partners. Please stay tuned for more details as the plan gets implementation. Our goal is to produce high quality fish with low environment impact, here locally, for markets that expect fresh and nutritional protein. |
Blue Stream Aquaculture has been a proud FishChoice Supplier Member since 2019. As a FishChoice Supplier Member, our company is part of a seafood community of like-minded businesses, NGOs, and others who are committed to advancing seafood sustainability. We accomplish this primarily through the FishChoice platform by having seafood product source information publicly available and transparent in its origin as well as identifying the current sustainability status of our seafood products.
FishChoice partners with the leading global organizations that rate and certify seafood based on its environmental sustainability. FishChoice matches our product sources with that information and updates us when that information changes so we can make sure our staff and customers have the most current information readily available. The platform is becoming the most in-depth resource for seafood company and product information available online with sustainability data covering an estimated 700 species and over 4,000 sources of wild and farmed seafood.
FishChoice is a registered 501(c)(3) environmental nonprofit founded in 2008 that is dedicated to helping businesses advance their seafood sustainability efforts on their own. FishChoice creates tools and provides resources that make it easier for businesses to buy and sell sustainable seafood. FishChoice.com is the flagship platform developed by FishChoice that offers businesses several tools to advance their sustainable seafood sourcing, tracking, education, engagement, and more.
To find out more about how FishChoice helps our business and how it can help yours, visit FishChoice.com.
FishChoice partners with the leading global organizations that rate and certify seafood based on its environmental sustainability. FishChoice matches our product sources with that information and updates us when that information changes so we can make sure our staff and customers have the most current information readily available. The platform is becoming the most in-depth resource for seafood company and product information available online with sustainability data covering an estimated 700 species and over 4,000 sources of wild and farmed seafood.
FishChoice is a registered 501(c)(3) environmental nonprofit founded in 2008 that is dedicated to helping businesses advance their seafood sustainability efforts on their own. FishChoice creates tools and provides resources that make it easier for businesses to buy and sell sustainable seafood. FishChoice.com is the flagship platform developed by FishChoice that offers businesses several tools to advance their sustainable seafood sourcing, tracking, education, engagement, and more.
To find out more about how FishChoice helps our business and how it can help yours, visit FishChoice.com.
