OCEAN RIDER, INC.
KAILUA KONA, HI

Ocean Rider's Mission Statement Ocean Rider, Inc. is an organic Hawaiian-based aqua-farm that follows strict good farming practices in raising seahorses and other aquatic life. Ocean Rider does not discharge seawater into the ocean. The larval rearing, nursery, and grow-out systems are supplied with a high flow of pristine ocean water that is pumped into our closed facility. This pristine class AA Hawaii oceanic water is pumped into our facility by the Natural Energy Lab. This unlimited water supply water comes from one pipeline that is 125 feet deep and a second pipeline that is 2000 feet deep allowing us to dial in any water temperature we want. This water is considered to be the cleanest in the world as Hawaii is the most isolated island chain in the world. This water is then filtered through large industrial filters down to .1 microns and then passed through an ultraviolet light ensuring that our water remains pristine when it is flowed through our production facility. Ocean Rider enforces a strict bio-security program to maintain a pathogen free farm since 1998. Ocean Rider cultures our seahorses with top quality organic live and frozen feeds that are not fish meal based. Ocean Rider maintains our seahorses in very low density to ensure optimum rearing conditions thus ensuring high health conditions. Ocean Rider provides a certificate of Authenticity and High Health from the State of Hawaii for all our seahorses. Ocean Rider does not sell seahorses within the State of Hawaii to ensure that there are no accidental releases into the local Hawaii waters by pet owners. Ocean Rider does not use any chemotheraputics such as antibiotics at any stage during the culture of our seahorses and other marine livestock, nor do we endorse the use of any type of chemotheraputics. Ocean Rider has been breeding seahorse since 1998 using selective breeding techniques to produce high quality seahorses with unique proprietary traits and colors. We do not genetically modify our livestock. The Ocean Rider seahorse populations are raised from genetically diverse broodstock population raised entirely in a closed environment. Ocean Rider follows American Zoological Standards set for breeding facilities. Ocean Rider is a privately owned family company. Ocean Rider is a member of the following organizations: World Wildlife Fund, Nature Conservancy, National Geographic, Keaholoe Point Tenants Association, Hawaii Aquaculture Association, World Aquaculture Association, Specialty Coffee Association of America, Friends of Kona You can see video footage of Ocean Rider on National Geographic Earth Pulse program and Hawaii Oceanic Cable station. The above can be certified as true by the following individuals who have visited the ocean rider facility in detail: Read more about Ocean Rider conservation practices You can learn more the history of Ocean Rider by reading a special 3 part series on Ocean Rider in Come shake hands with a pregnant male seahorse while exploring the mysteries of the ocean on our 3 acre ocean front living sea horse museum in Kona, Hawaii!! You will see seahorse babies, pregnant males, breeding pairs and sea dragons from all over the world while learning how we are saving the seahorse from extinction! Great for families and Hawaii Ocean lovers of all ages! What Does Ocean Rider Use for... Within earshot of Kailua-Kona's lava-enclosed airstrip and close enough to the ocean to feel the sea spray, a tiny blue building fronts an unusual aquatic farm, the only one of its kind in the United States. On any given day, Ocean Rider Seahorse Farm is home to more than 20,000 seahorses and I've flown from Honolulu on the promise that I would get to interact with one. I'm standing near a small, natural tidepool on a less natural sidewalk, staring at a clear Dixie cup of tiny, endemic ‘opae ‘ula (red volcanic shrimp). They are seahorse food, about the size of a pen tip, and just made the journey to their temporary holding pen via our tour guide Jeff Milisen. An eager young Michigander holds the cup. Though he's about 7 and I'm ... older, we're both just as excited to see some of the farm's huge numbers of seahorses, learn what the farmed fish are doing here and hear how 20 species–many threatened in the wild–flourish amid Kona's black lava fields. What People Think About The Ocean Rider Seahorse Farm? Come shake hands with a pregnant male seahorse ! Explore the mysteries of the coral reefs on our 3 acre ocean front living sea horse museum in Kona, Hawaii!! You will see seahorse babies, pregnant males and sea dragons from all over the world from Australia to California to Brazil ! You will learn how we are saving the seahorse from extinction! Great for families and Hawaii ocean lovers of all ages! What Does Ocean Rider Use for...