Aquaculture remains the fastest growing food sector in the world and marine aquaculture continues to grow at about 1.5% annually. The US has been slow to adopt this growing sector of food production and continues to import over 80% of US seafood.
Blue Ocean Mariculture has spent the last decade on a mission to provide healthy, sustainable, delicious seafood produced in the USA . Working with the State of Hawaii, Blue Ocean Mariculture has created a model for sustainable offshore mariculture by developing, testing, and monitoring the production of Hawaiian Kanpachi (Seriola rivoliana ) off the Island of Hawaii. Through the employment of developing technologies, strong best management practices, and robust monitoring, Blue Ocean has managed to scale its business while maintaining balance with the surrounding ecosystem.
This effort is to provide an update on the status of Blue Ocean Mariculture’s offshore finfish farm , provide an overview of our current operation, and share some of the breakthroughs that have allowed our farm to grow.