Fish farmers in Nigeria are suffering from the high costs and unreliable nature of key inputs, causing numerous players to leave the sector, despite the country’s growing demand for fish.
A new business opportunity which will involve the Centre for Aquaculture technologies (CAT) collaborating with Brazilian Fish to grow genome edited tilapia is a promising landmark – both for the companies and for the aquaculture industry as a whole.
Following successful feed trials with the world’s largest salmon producer, Rare Earth Global believes that the stage is set for hemp to become a mainstream – and considerably more sustainable – alternative to soy in aquafeeds.
AlgiSys BioSciences, which has developed a proprietary strain of microalgae for aquafeeds that’s rich in EPA omega-3 and alternative protein, is currently looking to raise $5 million to enable commercial-scale production.
Anthony Bellafiore, investment manager at Katapult Ocean, one of Europe’s leading aquaculture and bluetech VCs, believes that it’s too soon to write off the West's fledgling seaweed sector.
Artificial intelligence can undoubtedly be a transformative force in aquaculture, but do its current applications live up to the hype and will they ever be applicable across species, geographies, and scales of production?
US consumers of tilapia and salmon – as well as the producers of these species in China and Canada – are likely to be the biggest losers in the seafood space if President Trump goes ahead with his planned tariff hikes.
Briana Warner, who recently surprised the seaweed world by resigning as CEO of Atlantic Sea Farms, tells The Fish Site what’s next for the company, where she’s heading next and what the future is for investments into blue foods.
