Another aquaculture firm sinks

Maui Fresh Fish files for bankruptcy after building a hatchery but hitting opposition

By Andrew Gomes

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Dec 03, 2012

~~<p>A Hawaii company that struggled to start a fish farm raising opakapaka in ocean cages submerged off Lanai gave up the effort last month, filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.</p>
<p>Maui Fresh Fish LLC had been working to establish its aquaculture farm for at least four years, and had built a hatchery on Maui but never obtained a state lease to deploy 10 cages the firm envisioned would produce 1.2 million pounds of fish a year.</p>
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A Hawaii company that struggled to start a fish farm raising opakapaka in ocean cages submerged off Lanai gave up the effort last month, filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.

Maui Fresh Fish LLC had been working to establish its aquaculture farm for at least four years, and had built a hatchery on Maui but never obtained a state lease to deploy 10 cages the firm envisioned would produce 1.2 million pounds of fish a year. Login for more...