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Abalone hatchery & nursery


Feeding in the grow-out cages      

Technical Assumptions


Project duration

5
years


Number of breeders, female + male (70-80g)


800+200 pcs

Group
spawning frequency per month

  2x

Number of spawning breeders/month

256

Ave.
spawning fecundity per breeder


250,000 eggs

Total
egg production/spawning cycle

32
million

Total
veliger larvae production (40%)

12.8
million

%
Settlement rate

2.50%

%
Survival of early juvenile at 90-day period

4%

Total
early juvenile production per run
(10-15mm)


12,800

%
Survival after a 60-day nursery 

85%

Total
advance juveniles production per run
 (20-25mm)

10,880


Number of production cycles per year

20

Total
juvenile production per year


217,600

  Investment


Capital Investment


1,061,000


Annual Depreciation


93,942


Depreciation per crop

4,697


Salvage Value after 5 Years


602,125

  Costs-and-Returns

Items

 
Harvest, 90-day
(10-15 mm SL)


      Harvest, 150-day

( 20-25 mm SL)

 Per
crop

Per
year

Per
crop

Per
year


Hatchery production 


12,800


256,000


10,880


217,600

Gross
Revenue:

 

 

 

 

Sale
of juveniles (P6/pc; P8/pc)


76,800


1,536,000


87,040


1,740,800

Variable costs


19,037

380,740


23,933

478,660

Fixed
costs


10,215


204,302


10,215


204,302

Total
cost


29,252


585,042


34,148


682,962

Net
Income


47,548


950,958


52,892


1,057,838

  Economic Indicators

Items



Harvest, 90-day


(10-15 mm SL)

 Harvest,
150-day
( 20-25 mm SL)

Net
profit per year (before tax)


950,958

1,057,838


Return on Investment (ROI, %)


101.48


111.56


Break-even-Quantity (pcs)

97,507


113,826


Break-even-Price (Pesos) 

2.29

3.14


Payback period (Years)

1.02

0.92

  Financial Investment Analysis

Items


Harvest, 90-day


Harvest, 150-day


Project duration

  5
years

    
5 years

Investment Cost


1,061,000

1,061,000

Gross
Revenue


1,280,000


1,740,800

Total
Cost (variable+fixed)


585,042


682,962

Net
Income


950,958


1,057,838

NPV @
12%

3,430,242


3,873,490

IRR
(%)

98.49

109.24


Discounted BCR

3.62

4.09

  Updated: January 23, 2008

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