Exit stage right: Fish 2.0 offers final set of winning innovators
Nearly 40 entrepreneurs took the stage to pitch their seafood industry-changing innovations in front of a room full of discriminating investors.
AquaMaof cultivating a ‘new generation’ of fish farmers
Israel-based AquaMaof has seen its RAS technology rolled out to 10 facilities around the world, with more still in the pipeline.
Global Aquaculture Innovation Award 2019 finalist: Pegasus Science
Global Aquaculture Innovation Award finalist Pegasus Science aims to simplify mycotoxin measuring in aquafeeds with near infrared (NIR) spectroscopy.
Global Aquaculture Innovation Award 2019 finalist: Ace Aquatec
Global Aquaculture Innovation Award finalist Ace Aquatec’s Humane Stunner Universal easily renders fish unconscious for a more humane slaughter process.
Global Aquaculture Innovation Award 2019 finalist: Arbiom
Global Aquaculture Innovation Award finalist Arbiom is steadily proving the efficacy of its alternative feed ingredient SylPro, made from woody biomass.
Plastic 2.Ocean: Seafood packaging, made from shellfish
A new type of chitosan-based bioplastic, made from shellfish shells, emerges as a potential solution for global food waste and marine plastic pollution.
Africa’s first land-based salmon farm a landmark for Lesotho
A Singapore-based company aims to make Lesotho, a nation of 2 million people, known for a local fish that’s truly anything but local: Atlantic salmon.
Aquafeed opportunity attracts pioneers from fields afar
As business leaders switch focus from biofuels and energy to food security, one convert dubs the aquafeed opportunity a needed “redeployment” of knowledge.
Canadian father-son team merge talents to improve RAS
JLH Consulting has spent the last four years working on a better RAS setup designed to prevent overcrowding of fish and ultra-low energy demand.
Killers at sea: Harmful algal blooms and their impact on aquaculture
The causes and effects of harmful algal blooms have only been studied recently, as damage to the global aquaculture industry mounts.
Little fish in a big pond: Minnowtech aims to give fresh vision to shrimp inventory
Because shrimp farmers lack accurate in-pond inventory, startup Minnowtech is on the verge of offering a data-driven solution. It’s got something to do with jellyfish.
Aquaculture Innovation Challenge taps startup spirit to lift Indonesia’s shrimp sector
The Aquaculture Innovation Challenge, a contest organized by Netherlands-based Seafood Trade Intelligence Portal, sought to give Indonesia’s struggling shrimp sector a boost.
World’s biggest ‘aquaculture playground’ sets up new playdate
The Big Island of Hawaii, home to one of the world’s most innovative and diverse aquaculture centers, will host the next Hatch cohort.
Is RAS the game-changer that Europe’s aquaculture sector needs?
The impact that recirculating aquaculture systems, or RAS, will have on European production remains to be seen, but the general vibe is positive.
Jet-setting: Turning aquaculture wastewater into aviation fuel
The Seawater Energy and Agriculture System at Khalifa University in Masdar City, UAE, is applying aquaculture concepts to biofuel production for airlines.
New approaches to an age-old challenge: sea lice
Innovations to combat sea lice are in the pipeline as ambitious new companies employ a combination of innovative technological and scientific methods.