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We currently operate two collection
vessals. Both are high speed Glacier Bay catamarans with onboard live wells and long range capabilities. These
boats enable us to transport our catch in a timely manner while remaining comfortable and safe. The ocean can be a very
dangerous work environment and the safety of our divers is our number one priority.
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All of the fish sold by Kaiohi are
collected using handnets. We do not use any chemical agents, drugs or unattended traps to capture our fish. It takes years
of practice to become adept at chasing down and netting a fish. Most of us know how difficult it is to catch a pesky fish
in one's home aquarium -- now imagaine trying to catch that same fish in the open ocean where it has an unlimited number of
hiding places and escape routes and where you are hampered by forty pounds of dive gear. And that is before you factor in
the ocean currents, waves, poor visibility and the constant threat of sharks, eels and spiny venemous things.
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Once
captured, the fish are placed in a modified catch bucket and attached to a line where they wait out their decompression.
Like humans, fish are adversely affected by rapid pressure changes. Having spent most of their adult lives at a specific
depth, they need to be brought to the surface in an extremely slow and careful manner. If they were to be brought staight
up, their swim bladders would rupture from the rapidly expanding gasses. As a general rule, we raise the fish at no more
than one foot for every two minutes. Thus, it takes us about two hundred and eighty minutes (4 1/2 hours) to bring a fish
up from one hundred and forty feet.
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