AquaBlue Group is a sustainable aquaculture company established with commercial success and marine conservation at its core. We specialize in sea cucumber farming, with a focus on producing sustainable sea cucumbers for the food and medical trades within Asia, and primarily for the Chinese mainland market. The AquaBlue Group Sustainability ShowCase; https://www.gogreen-portals.com/aquablue-ventures-s-showcase

1. Presentation: Business Plan

2. Background:
 Industry: Aquaculture
 Species: Holothuria Scabra, Sandfish (Common Name)
 Market: Far East, SE Asia & International
Pharmaceutical companies
 Why:
 Large and Healthy market
 Supply shortages due to over-exploitation of wild fisheries
 Proven farming techniques
 High value species
Natural distribution of H. scabra

3. Executive Summary:
 High value luxury seafood also known as beche-de-mer
 Medicinal and cultural importance
 Farming seen as the only way to supply the market
 AquaBlue Group (ABG) is a profit driven company with an environmentally friendly business
model and a strong social responsibility ethos
 AquaBlue Group will have a Hatchery, Grow-out ponds, Processing facility and Marketing
department. Hatchery juveniles will be sold to different farming locations . Marketable
animals will be processed at ABG Processing facility under the AB brand.

4. AquaBlue Group (ABG) - Production Targets
 ABG plans to operate a commercial Scabra hatchery in Thailand
that produces 12 million juveniles per year. Hatchery setup cost
of USD 2.3 million.
 Juveniles will be stocked into disused shrimp ponds and approved
ranching sites in Thailand with plans to expand into other parts of
SE Asia.
 Growth cycle is 12-18 months depending on the target harvest
size of 300-500g
 Estimated production yield per hectare: 7 500kg
 Drying yield: 8%
 First harvest of 1,100 tons in Year 2 with a total harvest of 5,000
tons in Year 10
 Grow-Out area required: 4,087 Hectares

5. AquaBlue Group (ABG) - Financial Targets
 Total Investment required during first 2 years: USD 13 million
 Includes the purchase of the land for the Hatchery and
leasing of land for Grow-out
 Product Sales Price: USD 65/dried kg
 CAPEX: USD 7.15 million
 Online sales: 25% of ABG stock at USD 165/kg
 IRR at Year 10: 35%

6. AquaBlue Group (ABG) - Environmental & Social Targets
 Restocking of areas decimated by overfishing
 Re-use of abandoned land damaged by the farming of shrimp
 Training of Thai nationals
 Providing a stable income above the minimum wage rate
 Generous bonus scheme
 Providing an environmentally friendly alternative species to farm

7. Gross Revenue (Year 1-10)
Sea cucumber
Production Yr1 Yr2 Yr3 Yr4 Yr5 Yr6 Yr7 Yr8 Yr9 Yr10
Drying Yield 8.00% 8.10% 8.20% 8.30% 8.40% 8.50% 8.50% 8.50% 8.50%
Tonnages (Dried kg) 91,000 223,341 252,962 283,238 314,168 345,755 373,601 401,447 429,294
Dried Price (USD/Kg) 65.65 66.31 66.97 67.64 68.32 69.00 69.00 69.00 69.00
Gross revenue (USD) 8,234,363 20,411,692 23,349,967 26,406,051 29,582,617 32,882,384 35,692,601 38,528,733 41,391,206

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Gross Revenue Expenses Cumulative Cashflow

9. Management and Experience
 ABG founders have 24 years combined Aquaculture experience
(Sea Cucumbers, Abalone and Fish)
 Business Management
 Financial
 Technical
 Biological and Scientific
 Already commercialized the biggest Scabra farm in the
world
 Proven record of farming sea cucumbers successfully
 Dr. Georgina Robinson sits on the Board as a Non-executive
Director. Dr. Robinson is the foremost sea cucumber specialist in
the world.