MariCal has applied its CaSR technology through a licensing business model in a joint-venture partnership established with Blue Ridge Aquaculture of Martinsville, Virginia to form Low Salinity, Inc. (LSI).
This venture, dedicated to the development and commercial production of marine food fish, crustaceans and mollusks, utilizes MariCal's CaSR technology in low water salinity conditions with Blue Ridge Aquaculture's recirculating aquaculture systems proprietary know-how, for the purposes of food production on a worldwide basis. Virginia Cobia Farms, a preceding joint-venture between MariCal and Blue Ridge Aquaculture formed in September 2006 is now a wholly owned subsidiary of LSI.