Intelligence
Can floating fish freezers improve the quality and value of Alaska salmon?
Northline Seafood and Circle Seafoods each aim to increase efficiencies, lower costs and improve market quality by freezing fish at sea.
Responsibility
Researchers look to help Florida clam farmers safely repel predatory whitespotted eagle rays
Florida Atlantic University researchers investigate ways to help the state’s clam farmers repel a predatory species cutting into their profits.
Innovation & Investment
Norway banned scallop harvesting in the Barents Sea. Responsible Seafood Innovation Award finalist Ava Ocean delivered a tech solution.
Ava Ocean proves scallop harvesting in the Barents Sea can be done responsibly using its selective “shellfish picker" technology.
Innovation & Investment
Kenyan entrepreneur aims to set fish farmers up for success
Aquarech tackles challenges in feed, market access and financing for fish farming in Kenya, driving growth and profitability in the sector.
Intelligence
Maine seaweed farming company secures a kelp dryer and promptly decides to share it
Oceans Balance in Maine secured an industrial kelp dryer from South Africa that has the capacity to process other local seaweed farming producers’ plants.
Intelligence
‘No one knows what the risks are,’ say New England fishermen about pending offshore wind farm project
The New England fishing industry is worried that the approval process for a massive offshore wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island is moving too fast.
Responsibility
Brand new bag: Maine oyster farmers offer compostable bags made from beechwood
Ocean Farm Supply says compostable bags made from beechwood cellulose fiber are a more responsible alternative to plastics used for harvesting.
Innovation & Investment
Is ‘technology-verified storytelling’ the new way to sell responsibly sourced shrimp?
Canadian company xpertSea’s latest data-driven service is for retailers that want to add sustainability commitments to their private label brands.
Intelligence
‘Away from the coast’: Latest Maine RAS venture chooses forest over seas
Land-based salmon farm Katahdin Salmon will be built far from the shoreline to where operational costs and conditions might lead to success sooner.
Innovation & Investment
‘We want change’: How a seafood database aims to influence seafood investment decisions
Planet Tracker’s seafood database evaluates seafood companies’ exposure to sustainability risks like overfishing and IUU fishing.
Through the tubes: Using pneumatic tubes to transport fish, this company’s fish passage is in demand
Innovation & Investment
Through the tubes: Using pneumatic tubes to transport fish, this company’s fish passage is in demand
Whooshh Innovations uses pneumatic tubes to transport fish in wild and farmed environments, greatly reducing stress and improving product quality.
Health & Welfare
‘The right thing to do’: How aquaculture is innovating to reduce fish stress and improve animal welfare
With research showing that stress can damage meat quality, fish and shrimp farmers are weighing the latest animal welfare solutions.
Innovation & Investment
‘Plug-and-play’ shrimp farm inventor out to prove that Shrimpbox is more than just a neat idea
Is Atarraya’s AI-enabled, biofloc-based Shrimpbox, one of TIME Magazine’s top inventions of 2022, a game-changer for urban shrimp aquaculture?
Fisheries
‘Regulation is pushing toward greenifying materials’: How one innovator is upcycling seafood waste into biodegradable packaging foam
GOAL 22: Cruz Foam’s biodegradable packaging foam made with shrimp shells is a finalist for GSA’s inaugural Global Fisheries Innovation Award.
Intelligence
Shrimp farmer swimming upstream in Canada’s cattle country has its sights set on the States
Despite little local support in the province of Alberta, shrimp farmer Waterford Farms is seeking a foothold – and a low footprint.
Fisheries
Could these high- and low-tech approaches help curb fisheries bycatch?
From marine mammal ‘pingers’ to seabird-sparing fishing hooks, commercial fishermen have a growing number of options to prevent fisheries bycatch.