About Us
Our Story
The Problem
The Solution
Aquaponics
Aquaponics is a very efficient way to raise both protein and produce in a clean, sustainable manner. We get two crops with a single input and recycle virtually 100% of our water (minus losses due to evapotranspiration and crop growth). Maui Trout Company has taken great pains to ensure that we grow the highest quality food with maximum safety and we use Good Agricultural Practices. In addition, our water is filtered/sterilized 4 ways (catalytic carbon, biofiltration, Ozone and UV light).
Maui Trout Company is a startup created specifically to pioneer commercial aquaponic culture of Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). We are the next step following Kulahaven Farms, which was the first commercial aquaponics enterprise in Hawaii to successfully raise rainbow trout. We employ innovative proprietary aquaponic techniques to grow both fish and organically certified produce.
Experts
Meet Our Team
John Dobovan
Founder and CEO
John Dobovan
began his commercial farming work in 2012 as a co-founder of Nalolicious Farm LLC in Waimanalo, Hawaii where he served as Science Officer as well as VP for Marketing and Sales while raising tilapia and Chinese catfish. He has a degree in Sustainable Tropical Crop Management from University of Hawaii Maui College, is a member of the Sigma Psi chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, past president of the Haleakala chapter of Hawaii Farmer’s Union United, and a founding member and past president of the Maui Food Hub. He has been hatching trout since 2014 and was the first in Hawaii to raise rainbow trout in an aquaponic system.
Kevin Hopkins
Primary Aquaculture Consultant
Kevin Hopkins is certified as a Fisheries Scientist by the American Fisheries Society and was the past president of the United States Aquaculture Society. He was the Executive Director of the consortium for International Fisheries and Aquaculture Development at Oregon State University prior to moving to Hilo where he served as the Director of the Pacific Aquaculture and Coastal Resources Center at University of Hawaii, Hilo.
Aimee Greenwood
Production Manager
Aimee Greenwood was initially trained in Biology at the College of Charleston, SC and later obtained an MS in traditional Chinese Medicine. Her career has included internships with the EPA, work in an environmental monitoring laboratory, botany teacher, licensed acupuncturist and sheep program manager. She has had 5 years experience hatching and raising rainbow trout in an aquaponic system and was the watercress crop manager at Kulahaven Farms.
Contact
Get In Touch
John Dobovan
CEO
Maui Phoenix Farms LLC
dba Maui Trout Company
PO Box 901301
Kula, HI
96790
(808) 955-0955
j.dobovan@gmail.com