Company Profile

EuroPacific Tuna LTD is a provider of turnkey tuna farming systems. The company offers all equipment, process technology, skilled personnel, management expertise and marketing channels required for successful tuna farming operations.  Co-location of aquaculture systems with deepwater offshore wind energy farms is now an objective of the company.

EuroPacific Tuna Ltd is a multinational organization founded by Graeme Johnson of Tasmania, Australia and Raymond Dackerman of Louisiana, U.S.A.. Graeme Johnson is a pioneer in state-of-the-art tuna towing pen technology currently used by tuna farms in Australia, Mexico, Croatia, Spain, Malta, and other international locations. Raymond Dackerman is a leader in the U.S. floating offshore wind energy industry and pioneer in the fresh tuna industry in the Americas and Europe.

As an equipment and technology provider to each of the original southern bluefin tuna farms in Port Lincoln, Australia, Graeme Johnson has over 25 years' experience in developing the global tuna farming industry. As an exporter of fresh tuna caught in the Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, Pacific, Caribbean, Mediterranean and Aegean Seas, Raymond Dackerman has over 25 years' experience marketing fresh tuna in the U.S.A., Japan, and other international locations.

Mission Statement

EuroPacific Tuna Ltd was established to develop international tuna farming projects as a means to increase tuna industry efficiency and reduce tuna species exploitation. EuroPacific Tuna's objective to co-locate aquaculture with deepwater offshore wind energy farms is to provide environmental, industry and operational, and societal as well as stakeholder benefits.  Benefits to co-locate aquaculture and deepwater wind farms include lowering GHG emissions and increasing carbon uptake, reducing pressures on coastal economies, creating artificial reef effects, reducing ocean-use footprint, sharing infrastructure, facilitating operational synergies, increasing food security, enabling economic diversification, lessening conflicts among ocean users, and aligning with government blue-economy strategies.