ABOUT: Maurice Kemp
I have a doctorate in Medical Microbiology with specialization in Virology. I have had both a career in academia, industry and government.
My research interests emphasized control of pathogens of both man and animals, including those of shrimp.
Worked on underlying mechanisms by which pathogens cause disease. I also worked and developed pharmaceutics, immuno-modulators as well as chemical agents directed at microbial contamination of our food supply.
I have a very diverse background. Spent many years working in government and academia on projects related to disease control. As a result of a pharmaceutical consulting relationship I left academia. After my transfer to a pharmaceutical company I extended my studies on immunomodulators, wound healing and antivirals.
After leaving the pharmaceutical company I co-founded a company devoted primarily to food and environmental safety. I was Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for this company, obtained chemical process and applications patents for the company. Spent considerable time solving problems domestically and internationally China and southeast Asia. Company was eventually sold.
Royal Caridea was founded by Mike Cunha and myself. Aware of technology developed and owned by Texas A&M University, we licensed it. The technology allowed shrimp to be grown in stacked raceway. In addition, production could be increased by orders of magnitude compared to pond production and all this could be done in a warehouse. When engineering became real we found issues, abandoned the license filed a new patent, which was issued one year ago. the system .
We acquired a shrimp farm in Gila Bend, AZ. Grew pond shrimp and sold it to various markets. We are now building out are first eight stack raceways production system and devoting all energies to getting system running. The fabricated raceways will be onsite in late February or early March.
Looking to get fully operational by 3rd quarter. The system when built out will produce shrimp on an industrial scale (1.3 million lb.yr or 590 mt/yr.)..
We have been trialing new processes in operational raceways on the farm. They are the subject of a Continuation In Part (CIP) that will be filed. The technology has the potential to significantly alter the approach operational processes.
Company Phone – (602) 339-8995
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