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Caperton investor group bringing salmon farm to Appalachia

3/16/2022

Beckley businessman Austin Caperton, a former member of Gov. Jim Justice's administration and a Beckley businessman with a coal mining background, has founded and is launching Appalachian Salmon, a land-based aquaculture project that will provide the North American market with sustainably sourced Coho salmon.
Caperton announced Wednesday that the 20-acre aquaculture center will be constructed in Raleigh County and will use water from abandoned mines to hatch and nourish salmon.
The business, AS Holdings Inc. which is doing business as Appalachian Salmon, received a $5 million Abandoned Mine Lands (AML) grant, which was part of $24 million in grant funding announced by Gov. Justice.
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