Blue Heron Aquaculture to launch NH’s first indoor shrimp farm in Seabrook

By: Angeljean Chiaramida

Outlets: Seacoast Online

Published: March 18, 2026

Words: 820

Last Updated: 2 days, 20 hours ago

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SEABROOK — Two marine biologists are preparing to open Blue Heron Aquaculture on Route 1 in Seabrook — which they say will be New England’s first commercial shrimp farm.

Granite State natives Stefan Mraz, 28, and Rebecca Heidt, 27 — his partner and fiancée — grew up loving New Hampshire’s Seacoast. Both earned degrees in marine science, he from Northeastern and she from UNH, and have worked in …

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