Production cost for land-based closed containment water recirculating salmon farming systems is approximately the same as production cost for traditional open net pen salmon farming systems at this scale, when excluding interest and depreciation.
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Return on investment for traditional open net pen salmon farming at this scale is twice that of land-based closed containment water recirculating salmon farming, when land-based produced salmon are sold at a price premium.
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The carbon footprint of salmon produced in land-based closed containment water recirculating aquaculture systems delivered to market in the US is less than half of that for salmon produced in traditional open net pen systems in Norway that is delivered to the US by air freight.