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Clifford R. Morris, founder of FOA and CEO/President of Mirzam, recognized the potential commercialization and profitability in aquaculture. He is from South Africa and is a permanent
resident who now calling Florida his home for nearly ten years.
FOA is financed through investors of parent company Mirzam Investor Green Card Regional
Center, located in
Jupiter, Florida, which
is the site of
administrative offices.
Mirzam achieved its
regional center status
from the U.S.
Citizenship and
Immigration Services in 2011. This
enables the solicitation of foreign investment into the country in exchange of providing an EB5
visa or green card.
Many investors are already supporting the building of FOA’s aquaculture research and cultivation facility in Fellsmere. Construction is slated to begin in the spring of 2013.
Meanwhile, facilities at Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute (Fort Pierce, FL) and Texas A&M AgriLab (Corpus Christie, TX) are being utilized with a
demonstration raceway located at
the Florida Institute of Technology in
Vero Beach , FL.
Article provided by Teri Pinney
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