8-K

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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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                                    FORM 8-K
                                 CURRENT REPORT

                       Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
                       the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

       DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED): JANUARY 16, 2002

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                                AQUASEARCH, INC.
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

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    COLORADO                        33-23460-LA            33-0034535
(State or other jurisdiction      (Commission File        (IRS Employer
of incorporation or organization)    Number)           Identification Number)


                   73-4460 QUEEN KA'AHUMANU HIGHWAY, SUITE 110
                            KAILUA-KONA, HAWAII 96740
                    (Address of principal executive offices)

                                 (808) 326-9301
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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ITEM 4.  CHANGES IN REGISTRANT'S CERTIFYING ACCOUNTANT.

By letter dated January 16, 2002, Registrant's Board of Directors notified its
principal independent accountant Ernst & Young LLP ("E&Y") that the Board had
decided to terminate Registrant's relationship with E&Y.

In the past two fiscal years, E&Y issued reports that contained a qualification
as to the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.

In the past two fiscal years and subsequent interim periods, there were no
disagreements with the former accountant on any matter of accounting principles
or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure,
which disagreement if not resolved to the satisfaction of the former accountant
would have caused it to make reference to the subject matter in the accountants'
report.

On January 16, 2002, the Registrant retained the accounting firm of Buttke
Bersch & Wanzek, PC to perform its year-end audit.

There were no consultations with the newly engaged accountant on any matter
during the past two fiscal years and subsequent interim periods prior to
engagement.


ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

(c) Exhibits.


16.1   Letter regarding change in certifying accountant.  E&Y letter dated
       January 24, 2002
16.2   Letter regarding change in certifying accountant.  Registrant's letter
       dated January 16, 2002


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

                                      AQUASEARCH, INC.

Dated:  January 24, 2002              By: /s/ Harry Dougherty
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                                      Harry Dougherty
                                      Interim President and
                                      Chief Executive Officer






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EX-16.1

                                                                    EXHIBIT 16.1








January 24, 2002

Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20549

Gentlemen:

We have read Item 4 of Form 8-K dated January 24, 2002, of Aquasearch, Inc. and
are in agreement with the statements contained in the first, second and third
paragraphs on page 2 therein. In addition, we have no basis to agree or disagree
with the statements of the registrant contained in the fourth and fifth
paragraphs of Item 4 on page 2 of Form 8-K contained therein.


/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

EX-16.2

                                                                   EXHIBIT 16.2


January 16, 2002

Mr. Lawrence Rodriguez
Ernst & Young LLP
2400 Pauahi Tower
1001 Bishop Street
Honolulu, HI 96813

                            By Facsimile Transmission
                                 (808) 543-0101

Dear. Mr. Rodriguez:

Confirming your recent exchange of messages with Mr. David Tarnas, Chairman of
the Board of Directors of Aquasearch, Inc. (the "Company"), the Company has
determined to terminate its relationship with Ernst & Young effective
immediately, due to both the inability to satisfactorily resolve the
independence question in light of amounts owed by the Company to E&Y and the
Company's inability to meet your remuneration requirements for performing our
current year-end audit.

The Company has retained the mainland firm of Buttke Bersch & Wanzek, PC to
perform our year-end audit and they will be contacting you to enable a smooth
transition. In that regard, the Company authorizes Ernst & Young to provide them
with any and all work papers and other documentation that they may require, and
we request that your firm cooperate with them in any way necessary to facilitate
the timely completion of the Company's audit.

Please contact me if you have any questions or require any additional
information.

Sincerely,

Harry "Doc" Dougherty
President and CEO

cc:  David Wanzek