Novel Manufactured Aquaponic/Hydroponic Raft Design to Address Food Safety Deficiencies and Plant Growth Opportunities

Hawaii Fish Company Inc.'s (HFC)Phase II objectives are to fabricate its custom designs with established manufacturers and to conduct comparative field tests on these research prototypes at various existing aquaponic operations, in addition to continued testing at HFC, in order to assess HFC's designs in real world conditions. Results from these field tests, as well as continued manufacturing and cost assessments, will enable HFC to advance its aquaponic raft designs to be commercial-ready.HFC's specific objectives contain proprietary wording. In general, the objectives are as follows:Objectives 1 - 3: Refinement of the design and material selection of HFC's raft technologiesObjectives 4 - 7: Field testing aspects of HFC's research prototypes related to commercial use and plant growthObjective 8: Commercialization Planning