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I Finally Tried a Saltwater Fish That Was Born and Raised in Waterbury

Did you know that one of the cleanest saltwater fish available for purchase in the world was born…

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Eric Pedersen’s Revolutionary Fish Farming Factory in Waterbury, CT Set To Transform the Seafood Industry!

One hundred fifty miles northeast of Nassau Street and 25 miles from the nearest body of salt water,…

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Chef Plum Shows WSFB’s Great Day Connecticut How To Prepare Sweet And Sour Shrimp

20-year culinary vet and multi-time Food Network winner, Chef Plum teaches WSFB’s Scot Haney and Kara Sundlun how…

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Branzino, a Mediterranean Fish, Is Being Farmed in Connecticut

Ideal Fish is banking on technology to provide a fresher, more sustainable source of the popular fish. Ideal…

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Eric Pedersen of Ideal Fish on Waterbury, CT for Business Innovators

Go inside Ideal Fish, the largest saltwater fish facility in the United States and meet Eric Pedersen –…

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Ideal Fish: delivering sustainably raised fish through unique recirculating aquaculture

Launched in the spring of 2013, Ideal Fish, located in Waterbury CT, is a state-of-the-art recirculating aquaculture systems…

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Finance to Fish: Eric Pedersen

One of the largest and most advanced manufacturers in Waterbury may come as a surprise to many. Meet ERIC PEDERSEN…

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Ideal Fish reels in new customer base amid restaurant closures

Connecticut’s Brass City can now also be called the Mediterranean Sea Bass City. In a 63,000-square-foot former button…

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From brass to bass: Prized Mediterranean fish raised in one-time Waterbury factory

WATERBURY — In a former Waterbury factory where buttons and artillery were once made, prized Mediterranean sea bass…

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A Waterbury company is raising and distributing fish that never swim in the Sound

More and more, consumers are focusing on where their food comes from. They’re frequenting the local butcher and…

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Great American Aquaculture Nears First Harvest

April 4, 2018 Bureau of Aquaculture Great American Aquaculture LLC (dba Ideal Fish) has launched an aquaculture business…

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Pioneering Salt Water Aquaculture to Bring the Mediterranean to Waterbury

Farm to Table, Food Safety, Natural Food, Overfishing, Toxic Algae Blooms, Healthy Oceans… Ideal Fish (formally Great American…

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