Pure Salmon, Proximar racing to be first large-scale RAS producer in Japan

Construction on the Soul of Japan land-based salmon aquaculture facility has officially begun.  The recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) farm will be the largest of five land-based facilities either operating or currently under construction in Japan. Representatives of Shimizu a major Japanese construction company that is the general contractor for the building project, and Oriental Consultants Global, a Tokyo-based project management company, were on hand for the event, as were government…