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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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