Pacific Hybreed Secures $1M to Scale Shellfish Seed Production
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Pacific Hybreed, a Big Island aquaculture biotechnology company, has raised $1 million in a funding round backed by Hawaiʻi Angels and Blue Startups to support expanded hatchery operations as the company works to meet growing demand from shellfish farmers in Hawaiʻi, on the West Coast and beyond.
The company said it has pioneered the commercial use of hybrid breeding in shellfish, bringing an agricultural breeding strategy known as "hybrid vigor" to oysters and clams. Using traditional selective breeding rather than genetic modification...
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