Americans import 90 percent of their seafood, 50 percent of which comes from aquaculture, but permitting remains a barrier to expanding offshore fish farms.
Divers inspect an enclosure holding Almaco jack at a fish farm off the Big Island, Hawaii.Please be respectful of copyright. Unauthorized use is prohibited.'s story began in 2001, when it launched as a project to demonstrate how an offshore farm would survive in and impact the ocean in Hawaii. With one net pen in the water, the company kept a close eye on water quality, fish health, and environmental impacts.
On a sunny day in June, I put on my mask and snorkel and jumped into the sea. The water a gradient blue, almost black, as I swam around the pen and tried to see the ocean floor—and couldn’t. Instead, and as evidence of the farm's cleanliness, coral, one of the most volatile and sensitive organisms, grew on the steel portions of the pens. Sealife such as sergeant majors, giant trevally, and monk seals were abundant, swimming around the cage, keeping an eye on me.
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