Isle company's fish-raising project makes Time's list

By Andrew Gomes

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Nov 06, 2012

~~<p>An ocean-drifting fish-raising prototype from a Hawaii company was named one of the best inventions of 2012 by Time Magazine.</p>
<p>The so-called Velella Project by Kampachi Farms raised 10,000 pounds of kampachi, also known as kahala or almaco jack, in a 30-square-meter cage tethered to a sailing ship for seven months to test whether fish cages with self-feeding mechanisms and GPS tracking could drift freely on a circular ocean current three to 75 miles off Hawaii island.</p>
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An ocean-drifting fish-raising prototype from a Hawaii company was named one of the best inventions of 2012 by Time Magazine.

The so-called Velella Project by Kampachi Farms raised 10,000 pounds of kampachi, also known as kahala or almaco jack, in a 30-square-meter cage tethered to a sailing ship for seven months to test whether fish cages with self-feeding mechanisms and GPS tracking could drift freely on a circular ocean current three to 75 miles off Hawaii island. Login for more...