Pacific Aquaculture and Coastal Resource Center

The Pacific Aquaculture and Coastal Resource Center in Keaukaha.
Picture from http://pacrc.uhh.hawaii.edu/

The Pacific Aquaculture and Coastal Resource Center is a research and development center at the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo College of Agriculture, Forestry & Natural Resource Management. It's mission is to:

"Advance longer-term sustainable use and conservation of coastal areas worldwide through aquaculture and resource management."

It's for this reason exactly that Green Collar Jobs Training Program workers spend most of there time learning about sustainable practices. The center is operational at two site on Hawai‘i Island: Keaukaha and Panaewa. The kalo farms the trainees have been working at are located at the Keaukaha facility. It used to be a wastewater treatment plant, but was recently converted in to the Center with an initial focus on ornamental fish culture and cultivation of pearl oysters. It is also because this facility (among other incentives) that make the Univeristy of Hawai‘i at Hilo a premier location for education in the fields of marine sciences, aquaculture and coastal resources.

For more information visit http://pacrc.uhh.hawaii.edu/.