Neil Anthony Sims, the co-founder The Kampachi Company, has decided to scale back his active involvement with the farmed seafood producer to focus on next generation, “over-the-horizon” technologies at the company’s research facility in Kona, Hawaii.
A range of research projects are currently being conducted at The Kampachi Farms LLC facility where Sims is bound, including those involving improved kampachi diet formulations; selective breeding; cultivation of herbivorous reef fish; and offshore farming of algae for food, feed, and biofuel use. Sims will continue to be involved with The Kampachi Company on a consulting basis, advising on research and other questions, the firm said in a press release.
“The Kampachi Company is now producing consistent volumes of King Kampachi, and has recently achieved ASC certification. I now want to focus on new challenges, with longer lead-times, but with the overall aspiration of expanding sustainable offshore aquaculture,” said Sims. “The research projects in our Kona facility, and our “Velella Epsilon” demonstration net pen in the Gulf of Mexico, have the potential to make a significant impact on the future of offshore aquaculture. I’m delighted to be able to now work more closely with our dedicated staff of talented young scientists on these visionary initiatives.”
The Kampachi Company’s primary product is its Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC)-certified King Kampachi, a sashimi-grade yellowtail available in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The product will soon be sold in Europe and Japan as well, the company firmed.
Based out of Kona, Hawaii, Kampachi Farms is a “R&D company dedicated to softening humanity’s footprint on the seas, by expanding production of the ocean’s living resources,” according to a company press release.
Photo courtesy of The Kampachi Farms
