OUR MISSION
ABOUT US
Our system avoids and reduces damage to the environment, while still growing a clean-flavor, premium product. GBT is committed to the principles of producing world-class products without chemical additives and to meeting and exceeding internationally-accepted standards of good manufacturing practices. We are a Triple Bottom Line Company and take pride in creating a sustainable model that benefits our communities, the environment, as well as creating a practical business model.
HURRICANE HARVEY
Global Blue Technologies suffered a direct hit from Hurricane Harvey in August of 2017.
Although it was an unexpected challenge, we are taking this opportunity to refine our system to create an even more efficient and sustainable model. We are working hard to help create an economy in Rockport, Texas and supporting our community’s recovery after such a devastating natural disaster. GBT has made incredible progress rebuilding in the past year and we look to continue our company’s expansion internationally, bringing delicious and sustainably produced shrimp to the world.
OUR TEAM
Meet the Experts
Our team members enjoy long-standing working relationships with major buyers and fully understand the importance of maintaining every buyer’s confidence that GBT shrimp meet all product attributes of size, quality, continuity of supply, and freedom from additives and antibiotics. Our products are also competitively priced and sustainably produced. Whether shrimp or finfish, GBT’s corporate goals are to produce the highest-quality farmed seafood and to build relationships with industry, consumers, and the community.
Thomas James
AQUACULTURE PRODUCTION DIRECTOR
Mr. James is an aquaculturist with decades of experience managing shrimp farms and using his expertise to contribute…
Thomas James
AQUACULTURE PRODUCTION DIRECTOR
Mr. James is an aquaculturist with decades of experience managing shrimp farms and using his expertise to contribute to building successful aquaculture businesses around the world. Thomas’ 35-year journey in aquaculture began in Ecuador as a Peace Corps volunteer aquaculture specialist. There he worked on small-scale rural commercial aquaculture projects. His professional career continued in Ecuador for another 12 years as technical director overseeing shrimp production for an American owned, vertically integrated shrimp producer/exporter with production reaching 2,500 tons annually. Next Mr. James traveled to Mexico for a 10 year stretch with one of the countries largest agribusiness companies producing shrimp for export to Europe and the USA. During his time in Mexico, he designed super intensive shrimp farm projects using closed recirculating systems for year round production of fresh, never frozen, shrimp. In Brunei Darussalam, Thomas worked with the government of Brunei to increase productivity for local aquaculture farms, built and operated the first intensive, recirculating shrimp farm facility for both P. monodon and P. stylirostris and helped produce the countries first BAP protocols. His last overseas mission was to Madagascar where he assisted in the transformation of a deteriorating shrimp industry being overwhelmed by diseases, to an innovative success story. Mr James is well versed in a variety of farm systems as well as multiple species including Pacific white shrimp (Penaeus vannamei), Pacific Blue shrimp (Penaeus stylirostris), Black Tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon), Red Drum (Sciaenops ocellatus), and Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). His experience is anticipated to be a driving factor in the recognition of Global Blue’s bio-secure, hyper-intensive covered modules as the world-wide standard in environmentally sustainable shrimp production technology.
Eduardo Figueras
CHIEF SCIENTIFIC & GENETICS OFFICER
Mr. Figueras is credited with being one of two co-founders of the “Blue Revolution” in shrimp aquaculture for pioneering…
Eduardo Figueras
CHIEF SCIENTIFIC & GENETICS OFFICER
Mr. Figueras is credited with being one of two co-founders of the “Blue Revolution” in shrimp aquaculture for pioneering increased production in disease-free systems as well as eliminating traditional insults to the environment. Eduardo’s three decades of work in shrimp aquaculture have earned him worldwide respect among his peers. He has managed all aspects of production: hatcheries, nurseries, intensive grow out farms, and breeding programs in the US, Brunei, and Mexico. He is an expert with several shrimp species: Litopenaeus vannamei, Litopenaeus stylirostris, and Penaeus monodon. At GBT, Mr. Figueras puts his genetics expertise to work as he is responsible for the genetic performance of our broodstock at every stage of development.
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