Ocean Era Inc.

Ocean Era Inc. is a for-profit limited liability company based in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, specializing in aquaculture and fisheries research and development. Registered in SAM.gov since 2011, the company focuses on innovative approaches to marine aquaculture, with a particular emphasis on seaweed cultivation, fish farming, and sustainable marine food production technologies. The company has been actively pursuing federal grant awards, primarily from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, to advance its research in marine aquaculture and sustainable food production methods.

Ocean Era Inc. has secured multiple federal grant awards targeting critical areas of marine aquaculture research. These grants include a $174,129 project to maximize productivity of tropical macroalgae species, developing automated culture parameter control systems for seaweed cultivation. Another $174,897 grant focused on evaluating plant-based diets for herbivorous marine fish, aiming to reduce aquaculture feed costs and improve fish farming efficiency. The company has also received grants to develop spawning and rearing methodologies for high-value marine snappers and conduct research on precocious puberty in specific fish species. Their sub-grant awards involve collaborations with the University of Hawaii and University of Florida, working on projects related to tropical and subtropical aquaculture, marine fish species research, and resolving challenges in captive fish longevity. The funding agencies primarily include the Institute of Food Production and Sustainability and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, supporting Ocean Era Inc.'s innovative approaches to sustainable marine food production and aquaculture technologies.