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High Value Products from Molokai Seaweed: A New Enterprise for Coastal Hawaiians

Award Information
Agency: Department of Agriculture
Branch: N/A
Contract: 2005-33610-16159
Agency Tracking Number: 2004-00351
Amount: $295,606.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 2005
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
P.O. Box 95
Kualapuu, HI 96757
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Sherman Napoleon
 Owner
 (808) 336-1485
 wh6it@hotmail.com
Business Contact
 Sherman Napoleon
Title: Owner
Phone: (808) 336-1485
Email: wh6it@hotmail.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

The project is to expand a small business in Molokai, a rural community in Hawaii, to develop products based on one of the island's most under utilized resources, seaweeds. Seaweeds are marketed as fresh sea-vegetables in local markets. However, these markets are limited; and this proposal includes the development and marketing of new, seaweed-based products The focus is on the production products based on agar, phycocolloid extract of red seaweeds. These products will be specialty products for use where high quality is desired: cosmetics, health foods and gourmet foods. The seaweeds used for producing Molokai agar are organically grown in clean tropical waters and sun-in-dried along the beach. The agar is extracted without the use of harsh chemicals. This results in a clean, natural product that can be used for the development of several seaweed-based products.

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