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Re: CSS - Clean Seas Tuna
DrLog: 180 fish is barely enough for dinner, let alone something commercially relevant, but to some extent it's about the process rather than the scale at this stage. Still, it is a concern that they only have 180 fish. That means there has been a massive mortality rate so far with just a handful of survivors.
This company has a habit (I won't say talent, 'cause it's usually pretty transparent) of making bad news sound good. Rather than saying "Oh, $#!t, almost all of them are dead" they're saying "Hooray! We have fish to try our techniques on!"
Remember a couple of years ago when they were excited about raising fish to larger than this size? They didn't mention numbers, but it was less than a dozen (I spoke to one of the directors personally) and they just had them in fish tanks, and of course, they died. So, this isn't the first time they've had fish survive to this stage (go back and check the company's history, it's all there), it's just the first time since they did it a couple of years ago, and once again, they are working with very small numbers.
If the methods were working with an acceptable level of mortality they'd have a lot more than this tiny handful of fish to play with, and juvenile mortality is still a massive issue they haven't solved. They had enough eggs for a commercial quantity this year, and if all went well they'd have tens of thousands going offshore rather than a few dozen, less than 100.
It is good that they've weaned them on to a manufactured diet though, and even a few dozen fish will let them trial their methods.
I doubt they'll drop back to 13c this week without bad news, but I doubt they'll be above 13c mid year unless the market believes the spin and hype, which I suppose is likely.
DrLog: 180 fish is barely enough for dinner, let alone something commercially relevant, but to some extent it's about the process rather than the scale at this stage. Still, it is a concern that they only have 180 fish. That means there has been a massive mortality rate so far with just a handful of survivors.
This company has a habit (I won't say talent, 'cause it's usually pretty transparent) of making bad news sound good. Rather than saying "Oh, $#!t, almost all of them are dead" they're saying "Hooray! We have fish to try our techniques on!"
Remember a couple of years ago when they were excited about raising fish to larger than this size? They didn't mention numbers, but it was less than a dozen (I spoke to one of the directors personally) and they just had them in fish tanks, and of course, they died. So, this isn't the first time they've had fish survive to this stage (go back and check the company's history, it's all there), it's just the first time since they did it a couple of years ago, and once again, they are working with very small numbers.
If the methods were working with an acceptable level of mortality they'd have a lot more than this tiny handful of fish to play with, and juvenile mortality is still a massive issue they haven't solved. They had enough eggs for a commercial quantity this year, and if all went well they'd have tens of thousands going offshore rather than a few dozen, less than 100.
It is good that they've weaned them on to a manufactured diet though, and even a few dozen fish will let them trial their methods.
I doubt they'll drop back to 13c this week without bad news, but I doubt they'll be above 13c mid year unless the market believes the spin and hype, which I suppose is likely.