Hunter Bishop of the Hawaii Tribune-Herald reports on a new tenant setting up shop at the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii (NELHA). Shrimp Improvement Systems (SIS), a Florida-based shrimp farm, is expanding its operations and relocating its headquarters to NELHA, which is located in Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii. SIS “will keep its existing production facilities and an office in the Florida Keys,” but will primarily be focused on “improve[ing] production” in Hawaii due to the island’s “closer proximity to its largest markets,” namely Asia.  Hawaii also has an ideal climate and temperature range for breeding shrimp and NELHA is known for its impeccable sanitation conditions—two factors that SIS President Joe Tabrah believes will be “offsets” to higher costs related to energy and shipping. According to Tabrah, SIS will invest “$8 million in new facilities at NELHA.” SIS is set to acquire 10.5 acres of the Hawaii Ocean Science and Technology Park for operations. The project should be completed “by the end of 2013” and will create about 20 new jobs.   Read more here!