NOAA AWARDS EPC PO TO SUPPLY SERVICES AT KEWALO RESEARCH FACILITY
September 13, 2010 EPC was awarded, by NOAA, to supply power for two new trailors at the Kewalo Research Facility. EPC is excited to offer its services to a facility that has a long history in Hawaii as well as having a purpose that helps bring understanding and attention to the very things that make Hawaii so different than other places.
"The Kewalo Research Facility is today, as it has been since its inception, the only research center in the world capable of maintaining live tunas in captivity throughout the year for use in behavioral and physiological research. The uniqueness of this facility and the past 30 years of quality research have engendered it an enviable international reputation. Indeed, its reputation continues to attract established scientists of diverse backgrounds and expertise to this unique laboratory where experiments that require live tunas and other marine animals can be conducted.
In recent years, the role of the Kewalo Research Facility has expanded. It has served the research needs of scientists charged with the responsibility of enhancing the survival of threatened and endangered species, such as the Hawaiian monk seal (Monachus schauinslandi) and green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas). The Facility now has a fully functional larval culture laboratory which has successfully reared, from eggs, species as diverse as mahimahi (Coryphaena hippurus), spiny lobster (Panulirus marginatus), and deepwater shrimp (Heterocarpus spp.)." -Richard W. Brill (compiler and editor), THE KEWALO RESEARCH FACILITY, 1958-92: OVER 30 YEARS OF PROGRESS
