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BIG ISLAND ABALONE CORPORATION
www.bigislandabalone.com
Big Island Abalone Corporation has completed proof-of-concept
research on their unique and economical PolyGrow® culture
system. The first 10-acre increment of a planned 60-acre commercial
growout facility will produce Japanese Northern abalone and
red abalone.
BLACK PEARLS, INC.
www.blackpearlsinc.com
BLACK PEARLS, INC. (BPI) has developed specialized hatchery technologies
for black-lip pearl oysters, Pinctada margaritifera, as well as for valuable finfish species. BPI has been developing culture techniques for finfish species including: ulua (also known as Giant Trevally or Ceranx ignobilis),
opakapaka (rosy snapper, Pristipomoides filamentosus), flame angelfish (Centropyge loriculus),
deep water grouper (hapu'upu'u, Epinephelus quernus), another rare native grouper, the giant or king grouper, E. lanceolatus,
Kona Kampachi™ (amberjack), omilu (bluefin trevally), uku (green snapper), and a number of aquarium-fish species. BPI's NELHA site also
provides hatchery support for a separate offshore cage culture fish farm located outside of NELHA's ocean use corridor.
CYANOTECH CORPORATION
www.cyanotech.com
Cyanotech Corporation produces high-value microalgae-based natural
products including nutraceuticals, pharmaceuticals, astaxanthin-based
NatuRose¨ for the world aquaculture animal feed industry,
BioAstina_an
exceptionally powerful antioxidant for human consumption, Spirulina
Pacifica¨_a nutrient-rich dietary supplement, phycobiliproteins_fluorescent
pigments used in the medical immunological diagnostic market.
Currently the world leader in Spirulina production and Hawaii's
second largest exporter, Cyanotech was rated among the US's
100 fastest growing small businesses by Business Week in April
1997, was voted Hawaii's Exporter of the Year in 1999, and is
NELHA's anchor tenant.
DEEP SEAWATER INTERNATIONAL, INC.
www.DSWIHawaii.com
Deep SeaWater International, Inc. (DSWI) is a multi-faceted Hawaii company founded in July 2005
utilizing the natural and abundant resource of the pristine, pathogen-free, 3000' (915M) deep
ocean water accessed from the State of Hawaii's Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority
(NELHA) at Kona, Hawaii.
This American-owned company was the second to receive its Food Establishment Permit from the Hawaii
Department of Health for the current factory to sell 100% deep sea drinking water known as KONA DEEP®, and the first and currently the only deep seawater bottling company to receive a Federal Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) facility registration number.
DSWI is currently selling in Hawaii, Japan, Spain and South Korea, and approved to market its
products in all of the states in the United States, including receiving a business license from the State of Nevada.
Other products developed from this unique, deep seawater source, including premium aquaculture,
sea salt, nutraceuticals, cosmetics, etc., will follow as DSWI completes additional phases of
development at NELHA.
ENZAMIN USA, INC.
Enzamin USA, Inc. is developing new applications of deep seawater to enhance a successful Japanese nutraceutical product line based on Bacillus natto from the soybean fermentation process.
HAWAII DEEP MARINE, INC.
Hawaii Deep Marine, Inc. is developing deep seawater-based products for export. Desalinated seawater, salt and brine (nigari) are being developed for commercial sales for the Asian market.
HIGH HEALTH AQUACULTURE, INC.
www.hihealthshrimp.com
High Health Aquaculture, Inc. is actively carrying out its mission
to develop and supply certified pathogen-free broodstock to
the global marine shrimp market.
INDO-PACIFIC SEA FARMS, INC.
www.ipsf.com
Indo-Pacific Sea Farms, Inc. is developing innovative technologies
for sustainable commercial production of reef-dwelling organisms,
including photosynthetic giant tridacnid clams and scleractinian
(reef-building) corals.
KEAHOLE SOLAR POWER, LLC
Keahole Solar Power (KSP) is a Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) renewable energy farm located at the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority on the Big Island. KSP is SopoPowered by Sopogy's MicroCSP solar concentrating solar panels. These MicroCSP panels use reflectors and optics to harness and focus the energy from the sun to create clean, renewable power for the Big Island. Sopogy is a Hawaii based company that began in Kona and is bringing its Hawaiian technology to the global marketplace. For more information please visit keaholesolarpower.com.
About Sopogy
Sopogy specializes in MicroCSP solar technologies that bring the economics of large solar energy systems to the industrial, commercial and utility sectors in a smaller, robust and more cost effective package. MicroCSP technologies are used to create Process Heat, Solar Air Conditioning or Electrical Power. Please visit sopogy.com for more information.
KONA BAY MARINE RESOURCES, INC.
www.konabaymarine.com
Kona Bay Marine Resources (KBMR) provides SPF (Specific Pathogen Free) shrimp broodstock (Litopenaeus vannamei) and certified disease
free bivalve seed for export. Winner of the Governor's Exporter of the Year Award for 2004, KBMR has made great strides forward, becoming
one of only three companies in the world to hold an export license from the Kingdom of Thailand, the largest exporter of food shrimp in
the world. A NELHA commercial tenant since 1996, KBMR expanded operations in 2005 to include 4.5 additional acres of production area
to meet the growing demand for its quality products.
KONA COLD LOBSTERS, LTD.
Kona Cold Lobsters, Ltd. imports live lobsters and crabs from
natural Atlantic fisheries and rejuvenates them in cold deep
seawater holding pens for distribution throughout Hawaii and
select Asian and Pacific destinations. Also having successfully
bred and raised Maine lobsters from egg to sexual maturity for
over 20 years, the company's long range goal is to become operationally
independent of the natural fishery.
KOYO USA CORPORATION
The first company, licensed since 2004, to use the NELHA logo.
www.hawaiideepseawater.com
Koyo USA Corp. was founded in November 2002 and immediately started its construction of Plant 1 which was opened for production in July 2003. Now, Koyo has 3 plants on its 30-acre site with 3 large warehouses to hold its products.
At the present time, Koyo USA is the only company awarded a Food Establishment Permit by the Hawaii Department of Health for each of its 3 plants. With these permits, Koyo is the only desalinated deep seawater company approved to market its products in all of the states in the United States.
Koyo USA Corp. was also presented with the “Exporter of the Year" Award for the Manufactured Products category for 2004 by Governor Linda Lingle. In 2005, total production was 40 million bottles. Recently, Koyo completed its 3rd plant, providing an additional production capacity of 800,000 bottles per day. Koyo is Hawaii’s No. 1 exporter, surpassing all other industries in Hawaii.
The Mahalo Hawaii Deep Seawater Showroom opened in Waikiki in November 2005 to introduce Koyo water from NELHA to all of the visitors from around the world.
MERA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
www.MeraPharma.com
Mera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops cost-effective, cutting
edge photobioreactor technology for the industrial cultivation
of microalgae for new microalgal products. Currently marketing
astaxanthin-based products, The AstaFactor® a human nutraceutical
with powerful antioxidant properties and AquaXan®, a natural
pigment for shrimp and salmon feed.
OCEAN RIDER, INC.
www.oceanrider.com
Ocean Rider, Inc. (ORI) is developing captive aquaculture techniques
for commercial production of seahorses to supply the aquarium
industry. Seahorses are threatened in their natural habitats
by overfishing around the world, so development of aquaculture
techniques of this very popular animal is the key to their survival. ORI exports specially bred, healthy aquacultured seahorses
to aquarium enthusiasts through its colorful website. Seahorses, rated as the third most popular marine creature in recent
surveys, are highly prized as aquarium pets around the world.
ROYAL HAWAIIAN SEA FARMS, INC.
Royal Hawaiian Sea Farms, Inc. commercially produces ogo (edible
sea vegetables) with sales of over two tons per week. The company
also produces salt water tilapia and milkfish, and is investigating
commercial production of edible sea cucumbers, opihi (Hawaiian
limpets) and warm water abalone.
SAVERS HOLDINGS, LTD.
www.saversholdings.com
Savers Holdings, Ltd. utilizes NELHA's unique deep seawater supply to manufacture food and beverage products. These include bottled functional water, salt, nigari (bittern) and spa-related products. A brand new state-of-the-art bottling plant is due to be completed by Spring 2008. Savers Holdings, Ltd. has a sales office in Korea, with its manufacturing base on-site at NELHA in Kona, Hawaii.
TAYLOR SHELLFISH - KONA
www.taylorshellfish.com
Taylor Shellfish - Kona a family-run business headquartered
in Washington state, is the largest clam producer in the U.S.
Taylor's "winterless" NELHA facilities have a production
goal of up to 400 million juvenile Manila clams and 10 million
juvenile Pacific oyster per year. The juvenile molluscs are
exported year 'round from Hawaii back to the Pacific Northwest
for final growout in company-owned intertidal areas or sold
as seed stock for other growers.
UWAJIMA FISHERIES, INC.
Uwajima Fisheries, Inc. produces superior quality hirame, a
coldwater flounder highly prized for Hawaii's sashimi and sushi
markets. The company also conducts semi-intensive polyculture
of moi, milkfish and ogo.
HAWAIIAN TELCOM
Hawaiian Telcom maintains two antennas to support wireless
communications in West Hawaii.
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