date:Jun 11, 2012
This is the final step in Blue Ocean Maricultures transition to becoming the exclusive producer of premium, sashimi-grade Kampachi in Hawaii.
The two-year transition from Kona Blue to Blue Ocean involved recapitalizing the business and rebuilding the Hawaiian Kampachi biomass inventory. Blue Ocean acquired Kona Blues offshore mariculture lease in early 2010.
The marine finfish hatchery was acquired in January 2011, and in May, 2011, Blue Ocean completed its first larval run of Hawaiian Kampach