Frequently Asked Questions

FAQs

  • 1) Order online before Thursday at 5pm

    2) Pick a time slot for pickup - We are open for pickup on Friday afternoons from 12pm - 5:15 pm and Saturdays from 8:30am - 4pm.​

    Delivery options are also available for Los Angeles and Northern Orange County.

    3) Don't forget to bring a cooler and some ice! Our prawns are preservative free, so it is important to keep them cold until you can put them in your fridge at home.

  • 94% of shrimp in America is imported, which opens the door for long freezer stays (and low quality), fraud, contamination, and pathogens. Most imported shrimp is farmed in Asia or Latin America.

    Growing shrimp in America in an indoor farm ensures that the highest environmental, health, and safety quality is maintained.

  • We’ve developed a controlled environment aquaculture system that has been refined over 15 years. Once shrimp are stocked, we feed them and the system components mimic the ocean’s circular ecology to produce beautiful 1 ounce shrimp in as little as 3 months.

    Our farm is resource efficient and reuses over 95% of H2O, and using at least 100 times less space than traditional farms. We deliver with less than 1% of the Carbon footprint of commodity shrimp.

    See how clearwater recirculating aquaculture systems work.

  • Whether farmed or wild, traditional shrimp production is an ecological destroyer. Traditional shrimp farming decimates mangrove habitats, and mangroves can sequester 200x more carbon than rainforests.

    Wild shrimp fishing on the other hand destroys in a different way. Fishermen drag nets on the bottom, sort out the shrimp and dump the rest, called, bycatch, over board, an estimated 97% of which is dead. All in all fishing bycatch amounts to 63 Billion pounds of dumping per year, and shrimp fishing is one of the worst offenders. Wild shrimping kills 6 pounds of other sea life to land 1 pound of shrimp on average.

    TransparentSea Farm grows shrimp in an indoor environment so that no natural habitats are harmed.

  • It may surprise you to learn that wild shrimp is one of the healthiest animal proteins in the world. It is high in protein, essential vitamins and minerals, yet very low in fat and calories.

    We do not add any preservatives, additives, or antibiotics during processing, and we are proud to offer chemical-free clean prawns to our customers.

    We have mastered the ability to facilitate a healthy living environment, allowing shrimp to be shrimp again. We look forward to supplying more families with their favorite healthy seafood without the guilt, doubt or confusion that we face today.

  • Most people have never truly tasted fresh shrimp that go from tank to plate in hours! Our shrimp have firm texture (not soggy or ‘mealy’ like processed and frozen shrimp) and clean flavor (unlike ‘fishier’ marine shrimp or ‘muddier’ shrimp farmed in brown water).

    Our shrimp are also visibly differentiated from what you see in the grocery store because of the way they are grown. Our shrimp are more vibrant than what you are used to seeing. The shells are more clear and colors are more defined.

  • TransparentSea's flagship product is Litopenaeus vannamei, or Pacific white-leg shrimp. Also known simply as "White Shrimp" or "King Prawns", these animals are the most commonly sold shrimp in the world.

    Uncommonly, our's are guaranteed to be clean. Raised indoors in purified salt water, we do not harm other marine or terrestrial friends while bringing you a premium product. It's a win-win!

  • Our feed is shelf-stable and made of a mix of fish meal, fish oil, algae meal, squid meal, and a plant-based binder.

    We source our feed in the USA from Zeigler.

  • We appreciate the enthusiasm & excitement from everyone wanting to try our prawns! Unfortunately we do not ship our product out of state regularly at this time, as overnight shipping via airfreight does not align with our low carbon footprint ethos.

    We are hoping to increase our delivery range in the future by investing in freezer technology and utilizing ground freight. We are also planning to establish more prawn farms in more locations across the country in the near future. Thank you for your interest in what we do and for following our journey to provide sustainable, local prawns!

  • We are not offering consultation services or replication at this time in our young business. We appreciate your interest in our journey and wish you well on your current operations, but we are not looking to expand or consult at this time.

    Please do not contact us about questions regarding starting a farm or fixing problems in a current operation - we are busy perfecting our process and growing delicious, sustainable prawns for our customers!

  • We are currently a small team of individuals devoted to reinventing the way shrimp is produced. While we are not always hiring, we are looking for people enthusiastic about our mission who want to bring their unique experience to the table.

    If this sounds like you, please email your resume & a cover letter to info@transparentseafarm.com.