The local company that pioneered raising amberjack in open-ocean pens off the Big Island plans to sell its offshore farming operations in Hawaii.
Kona Blue Water Farms, which recently began shifting production to Mexico after running into financial difficulties, plans to sell its ocean farm operation to a San Francisco-based company led by two Mainland businessmen. Both men are involved in fishing and aquaculture industries.
The company has applied to reassign its 90-acre state ocean lease to Keahole Point Fish LLC, which has committed to continue raising amberjack with plans to modify operations to raise the fish more efficiently.
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