Alternative proteins

While 2023 might have resulted in a number of impressive achievements for Hatch, its co-founder has been underwhelmed by the pace at which the aquaculture industry has been adopting innovation and believes it will be up to five years before many of the most ex…

After just over a year as CEO of Aqua-Spark, Lissy Smit reflects on the highs and lows of the fund’s portfolio companies and the wider trends affecting investment in aquaculture innovation.

Professor Kevin Fitzsimmons believes that there are plenty of positives to be taken from the last 12 months in aquaculture and has an optimistic outlook for the sector in 2024 – but mention the fisheries and marine ingredients lobbies to him at your peril.

DBug, a UK-based startup, is working to convert low value soy and rapeseed byproducts into high value mealworm protein for use in the aquafeed, neonate and pet food markets.

Mike Selden, co-founder of Finless Foods*, explains the progress the team has achieved to date and what’s next for cell-cultivated bluefin tuna.

Entrepreneur Jennifer O’Brien – founder and CEO of alt-seafood startup Sea & Believe – has teamed up with pioneering seaweed scientist Dr Maeve Edwards on a pilot project to cultivate the native Irish red seaweed Palmaria palmata (dulse) off the w…

Rural Aquaculture Development (RAD) has developed an innovative model both to grow and sell its own tilapia, and to support the local aquaculture sector, in a bid to improve smallholder livelihoods in western Uganda.

The use of insect-based aquafeed ingredients – and potentially diversification into insect farming itself – could offer valuable opportunities for India’s small-scale aquaculture producers.

Houdek, formerly known as Prairie Aquatech, is improving the digestibility and sustainability of soybean meal in order to support the aquafeed industry’s limited supply of fishmeal.

While some analysts feel that the vertical farming bubble has burst, US mealworm producer Beta Hatch believes that there’s scope for a more subtle approach to indoor insect production.

Kwame David Adade took over Windmill Farms – a catfish and tilapia farm in Ghana – from his father four years ago and since then has made some interesting discoveries, especially in feed formulation.