About Aquatic Hunt
The Right Tools for the Hunt
#JoinTheHunt
Aquatic Hunt is a lifestyle brand founded by divers for divers, hunters, snorkelers, reef protectors and ocean lovers alike. We are passionate about not only diving but keeping our reefs beautiful for generations to come by helping to keep lionfish from continuing to invade our ocean habitats in addition to supporting sustainable hunting for lobster when in season and seasonal fish.
Our Story
Do you ever start to chat and dream about what could be on a surface interval? Well, that's how Steve and Carly got together on this adventure. Friends, co-workers and dive-buddies, they spent some time discussing the creation of a new brand and solution for Lionfish containment while depleting some nitrogen on a surface interval! Based locally in Delray Beach, FL; Steve founded Aquatic Hunt with Carly on board in November of 2022 with the Lionfish Locker launching in April 2023. Since then, the brand continues to expand and innovate, showing at DEMA for the first time in November of 2024.
We're a small team but we are thrilled to help get the word out about the lionfish problem and offer a solution at a value that will help more divers reduce the population and #JoinTheHunt.
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Meet the Team
We love good design and we love diving!
Founder
Stephen Vernaglia
Steve is a proud husband, father, and world traveler with a love for adventure above and below the surface. Couple that with 25+ years of Project Management and Engineering experience developing a wide variety of consumer products and you get Aquatic Hunt.
Partner, Sales & Marketing
Carly Bond
Carly grew up on the water in the New Jersey and has always had a love of the ocean. Combine that with 20+ years of experience in brand & product marketing, marketplace management and channel strategy for national and private label brands, and she is thrilled to put her experience to work to raise awareness of the lionfish invasion and how to help engage more people to get involved.
Data Support
Kristina Vernaglia
Kristina has a passion for learning, travel and management. She has a degree in travel management, she's managed offices, worked in TV production and has finished nursing school. At this moment in life she is most proud to be a mom.
