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PANAMA. Open Blue Sea Farms, the leading practitioner of sustainable open ocean aquaculture, announced today an agreement to acquire th...
PANAMA. Open Blue Sea Farms, the leading practitioner of sustainable open ocean aquaculture, announced today an agreement to acquire the major assets of Pristine Oceans, forming the world's largest open ocean aquaculture operation by year-end.
Since August 1, 2009, Open Blue has managed Pristine. It will consolidate assets into its own ocean sites. Both firms farm cobia in Panama because of the fish's rapid growth rate, nutrition, rare taste and texture.
Of the 43,000 stocked cobia, 10,000 are destined for the gourmet seafood market between December and April.
Most Pristine Oceans employees have been retained. In their new capacities, Pristine's President, Jose Raul Arias, and General Manager, Richard Pretto Jr., will keep their titles. Pristine Oceans was founded by Panamanian investors with personnel who have built a highly competent ocean farming team and a potentially valuable stock of cobia.
Arias said, "The combination of Pristine's assets and team with Open Blue's proven business creates a modern fish farming leader in the Western Hemisphere."
Open Blue Sea Farms pioneered environmentally sustainable "free-range" open ocean aquaculture that is profitable and scalable.
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