"Responsible open-ocean mariculture is where the future of seafood lies. If the U.S. does not embrace, endorse and encourage these much-needed innovations, and if we do not lead this industry forward, then we are doing our seafood economy a disservice; and we are also abrogating our responsibility as a steward of our oceans and a citizen of the planet," Neil Sims, president of Hawaii-based kampachi grower Kona Blue Water Farms and head of the The Ocean Stewards Institute trade group, told the House Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife oversight hearing on offshore aquaculture in Washington, D.C.
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