#64: Now is the Era for the Oceans with Neil Sims

You're 75 miles offshore of the Big Island in Hawaii in a
floating sphere and you're surrounded by 2,000 of your friends.
That's what life is like as a Kampachi fish in Ocean Era's
offshore aquaculture fish pen (Velella Beta/Gamma/Epsilon).

This week Heidi and Bella spoke with Neil Sims, co-founder and
chief executive officer of Ocean Era - a Hawaii-based mariculture
company focused on expanding the environmentally sound production
of the ocean's finest fish.

You'll learn:


What is offshore aquaculture? How is it different to land
based aquaculture (hint: decreased electricity usage, better flow
of nutrients)

What is a Velella?

What are fish currently fed in aquaculture? How can we make
this more sustainable

More talk about seaweed! (can you ever have too much?)




Useful links:


Read more about Ocean Era's research projects

TIME Magazine’s “25 Best Inventions of the Year” for 2012

Scientific paper discussed at the start of the episode:
Farming the Ocean – Seaweeds as a Quick Fix for the Climate? by
Troell et al. 2022



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