Pine Island Redfish Starts Florida Aquaculture Facility
The company has begun construction on a phased expansion on its 80-acre Pine Island property after completing a $6 million Series A round.
Updated on Nov. 10, 2026 in Agriculture
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Pine Island Redfish began construction on a new aquaculture facility on Pine Island, Florida, after completing a $6 million Series A financing round supported by Bridge Angel Investors. The company reports it exceeded its 2025 production targets by 35 percent and completed its first harvest in March 2025.
Why it matters
The expansion is intended to meet substantial demand for locally produced seafood in Florida. The new facility is planned to produce 800 metric tons annually, a scale well beyond the 10 metric tons the Sarasota demonstration system can produce.
The Sarasota recirculating system produces 10 metric tons of redfish annually, while the planned Pine Island facility is projected at 800 metric tons per year across an 80-acre property. The company's $6 million Series A round and 35 percent production beat are company-reported, and the source gives no timeline for full capacity.
The players
Pine Island Redfish
A Florida aquaculture company producing redfish through a recirculating system, currently operating a demonstration facility in Sarasota and expanding to Pine Island.
Bridge Angel Investors
An investor group that supported Pine Island Redfish's $6 million Series A financing round.
Mote Aquaculture Research Park
A research park in Sarasota that hosts Pine Island Redfish's demonstration aquaculture facility.
The details
Pine Island Redfish will keep producing fish at its Sarasota demonstration facility at the Mote Aquaculture Research Park while the Pine Island site is built. The expansion is being developed in phases, and the company has secured permits to begin on its 80-acre property, where mangrove cultivation has also started.
Timeline
March 2025: Pine Island Redfish completed its first redfish harvest.
November 2025: The company announced it exceeded its 2025 production targets by 35 percent.
November 10, 2026: Construction began on the Pine Island facility.
Season Trajectory
The project extends the Mote Aquaculture Research Park's demonstration model, which produces 10 metric tons of redfish annually, into a planned 800-metric-ton commercial facility on Pine Island. It shows Florida land-based recirculating aquaculture moving from research-scale pilots toward commercial output.
For Florida residents, the expansion could increase the supply of locally raised redfish once the Pine Island facility reaches its projected 800 metric tons per year. The source does not give a date for when that volume will be available to buyers.
The takeaway
Land-based recirculating systems can scale from a small demonstration unit to a much larger commercial operation, though the source gives no timeline for Pine Island's full output. Watching the phased build-out will show how quickly that scale-up happens.
Further reading
Explore more Florida Agriculture coverage to see how land-based seafood farming is developing across the state.
Source note: This article includes information reported by Seafoodsource.
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