Our Technology
Tidal Basin® Technologies
Our Tidal Basin collective technologies allow us to produce high-quality shrimp at unprecedented rates. By revolutionizing the design of a traditional indoor shrimp raceway, Our sister company trū Shrimp creates the optimal growing conditions for shrimp that are free from disease, toxins and antibiotics—and trū Chitosan uses the high volume of peels and molts to produce our high-quality chitosan.
For more than a decade, Tidal Basin technology has pushed the limits of indoor shrimp production, in terms of both yield efficiency and environmental impact. Our multi-patented technology allows trū Chitosan to bypass many of the challenges faced by other chitosan producers (low supply, unsustainable production, etc.) to deliver a superior product with zero compromise.
Initial Concept
circa 2011
Pilot Facility
circa 2019
ULTRA-EFFICIENT OUTPUT
Even the world's most productive outdoor farms can't come close to matching the incredible yields made possible by Tidal Basin's ultra-intensive raceway design.
Extensive farm
yields ~500 lbs. per acre
Intensive farm
yields ~40,000 lbs. per acre
Tidal Basin
yields ~130,000 lbs. per acre
yield volume*
3.2x
stocking density**
40x
growth rate**
+111%
survival rate**
+34%
compared to leading intensive shrimp farms
compared to the 10% highest performing intensive farms in Ecuador
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While traditional shrimp production often comes at the expense of surrounding wetlands, Tidal Basins are engineered to minimize waste and significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. That's why our innovative process carries the highest sustainability score of any shrimp farm on the planet.
sustainability score*
8.1
lower emissions**
69%
water reused***
99%+
Boundless Impact Research & Analytics, 2020
compared to emission rate of extensive shrimp farming techniques
internal data, trū Shrimp
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OUR PATENT PORTFOLIO
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US Patent #
Date Issued
Patent Name
Patent Summary
8,336,498B2
8,985,055B2
10,251,375
December 25, 2012
March 24, 2014
April 9, 2019
System & Method for Super-Intensive Shrimp Production
• Basic design for the shallow-water raceway (Tidal Basin®)
• Did not scale to commercial size without subsequent Iterro intellectual property
• Exclusive Iterro license in U.S. & eight foreign countries
Aquaculture Environment
Control Apparatuses, Systems, and Methods
• Water Management Apparatus aerates, heats and generates Tidal Basin current
• Removes deleterious material and byproducts
• Texas A&M University Tidal Basin cannot scale without this technology
• Patent expires February 3, 2037
US Patent #
Date Issued
Patent Name
Patent Summary
TBD
June 7, 2018
Raceways and Systems
Thereof
• Modification enables a current free of eddies and backwaters in the Tidal Basin and greatly enhances removal of deleterious material
• Design modification to Texas A&M University Tidal Basin patents
• Tidal Basin cannot scale without this technology