Sea & Reef Aquaculture receives awards

Orono, Me- Sea & Reef Aquaculture, LLC has been awarded an $80K SBIR Phase I award from the USDA. The award was given to support research leading towards commercial culture of difficult-to-raise marine ornamental fish species. The successful outcome of the research could give Sea & Reef Aquaculture the opportunity to be the first company in the world to offer these capitive breed species of reef fish.

Sea & Reef Aquaculture also has received a $12.5K MTI Seed grant to develop a detailed blueprint for scale-up commercial fish culture and coral propagnation systems. It is anticipated that Sea & Reef Aquaculture will expand its production by relocating into a large business incubator located at the Center for Corporative Research (CCAR) in Franklin, Maine.