The Scoular fishmeal processing plant at the Warrenton-Astoria Regional E世博官网首页 started construction in July of 2021 and was completed in the fall of 2022. The facility’s owners – Scoular, 大阳海鲜, and Bornstein Seafoods – celebrated with a ribbon-cutting event on October 19, 2022. The facility will upcycle Da Yang and Bornstein fish trimmings from their nearby seafood processing plants. The trimmings will be processed into fishmeal and fish oil, valuable ingredients in the pet food and aquaculture markets and both marketed under Scoular’s Encompass brand. Processing is set to begin in early 2023.
17美元.500万设施, the first tenant of 阿斯托利亚港’s Industrial Park, has helped to drive the park’s development. The construction project alone has added $5.4 million into the local economy, according to contractor estimates. This investment is a win for local business partners, 沃伦顿市, 克拉特索普县, 阿斯托利亚港, 以及整个地区.
Background
2021年初, the Port executed a tri-partite Nonstatutory Development Agreement with 沃伦顿市 and the Scoular Company to govern the development of a fish meal processing plant at the E世博官网首页 Industrial Park. This initial E世博官网首页 Industrial Park development will accomplish three purposes: 1) drive the airport sewer infrastructure project, 这将, 在其他方面, solve stormwater infiltration and intrusion issues at the airport, 2) bring in a new source of revenue to the airport, and 3) provide capacity for, 以及动机, other major tenants' subsequent development at the industrial park (further increasing airport revenue).
Scoular Progress July 30, 2021
Scoular Ribbon Cutting Ceremony October 19, 2022