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.

Aker BioMarine to dramatically increase algal oil production

Feed ingredients Human health Krill

13 December 2023

2023 in review Willem van der Pijl

Feed ingredients Welfare Shrimp

13 December 2023

Despite a challenging year for the majority of the world’s shrimp farmers, Willem van der Pijl notes that a number of positives to have emerged over the last 12 months, which could help to strengthen the sector’s long-term resilience.

Siemens and Nasekomo outline 2 million tonne insect farming ambition

Biotechnology Feed ingredients

11 December 2023

Northern Europe’s largest insect factory opens

Biotechnology Feed ingredients

7 December 2023

Leeds University and Entocycle seek to catalyse commercialisation of UK insect farming

Feed ingredients Regulations

7 December 2023

2023 in review Kevin Fitzsimmons

Fisheries Feed ingredients Atlantic Salmon

6 December 2023

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.

Researchers believe human anti-aging supplement could reduce salmon health risks

Feed formulation Disease Atlantic Salmon

5 December 2023

November 2023

Finalists announced in Future of Fish Feed krill replacement challenge

Feed ingredients Competitions Atlantic Salmon

30 November 2023

Compassion in World Farming develops salmon welfare scorecard

Health Predators Atlantic Salmon

29 November 2023

The only way is Esox

Biotechnology Functional feeds

29 November 2023 Sponsored

Next generation sequencing technologies and metagenomics are proving their worth among early aquaculture adopters – in particular RAS operators – according to Matthew Pope, founder and managing director of Esox Biologics.

Skretting and Zooca Calanus join forces to develop copepod-based aquafeeds

Feed ingredients Startups Atlantic Salmon

27 November 2023

Aquabashy brings key Nigerian aquaculture players together for World Fisheries Day

Formulated feed Breeding & genetics Catfish / Pangasius

27 November 2023

The “chef for shrimp” who’s creating seaweed-based aquafeeds

Functional feeds Water quality Shrimp

27 November 2023

Living Seas Aquafeeds is using local ingredients, including farmed seaweed and mangrove leaves, as a functional addition to standard feeding regimes, improving water quality, FCRs and shrimp growth, according to Timothy Hromatka, founder of the Indonesian star…

Insectum launches mobile, modular black soldier fly farms

Feed ingredients Sustainability Salmonids

24 November 2023

Meet the farmer Togo’s tilapia king

Feed ingredients Husbandry Tilapia / Cichlids

24 November 2023

Pierrot Kokou Akakpovi, CEO of Togo’s largest organic tilapia farm, has ambitions – both for himself and the country’s aquaculture sector in general – to grow substantially in the coming years.

Entobel opens Asia's largest insect protein production plant

Feed ingredients Alternative proteins Salmonids

23 November 2023

Kenya’s ambitious island-based tilapia farm

Feed ingredients Husbandry Tilapia / Cichlids

22 November 2023

Lake View Fisheries, which is situated on Mfangano Island in Lake Victoria, is ramping up its production and distribution of tilapia to diverse regions across Kenya, despite the unique challenges posed by its remote location.

How aquaculture by-products are improving the footprint of marine ingredients

Feed ingredients Sustainability

21 November 2023 Opinion

With the aquaculture sector outperforming land-based protein producers on ESG risks – as reported in the recent Coller FAIRR Protein Producer Index – fishmeal and fish oil use in aquafeeds continue to play a critical role in contributing to sustainable protein…

Tomota: a shrimp farmer’s best friend?

Feeding systems Husbandry Shrimp

20 November 2023

A new range of tools developed by some of the leading players in Vietnam’s shrimp sector is showing great promise for early adopters, including Minh Phu.

MicroHarvest launches novel aquafeed pilot plant in Portugal

Formulated feed Startups Salmonids

17 November 2023

Skretting and I&V BIO aim to enrich artemia

Feed formulation R&D Artemia

15 November 2023

SeaStock wins 100k MassChallenge prize

Feed ingredients Awards Seaweed / Macroalgae

7 November 2023

IFFO to hold next workshop in China

Feed ingredients Consumer Krill

6 November 2023

The Vienna Sessions How improvements in aquafeeds can help to close the global protein gap

Biotechnology Feed ingredients

6 November 2023

AlgaEurope set for Prague

Events

3 November 2023

The startup seeking to improve feed efficiency in Egypt’s tilapia sector

Feeding systems Water quality Tilapia / Cichlids

3 November 2023

An Egyptian team has succeeded in developing a smart device to estimate the feed intake required for each tank on a fish farm, helping improve productivity and water quality.

October 2023

Yield10 and BioMar pen GM Camelina agreement

Biotechnology Feed ingredients Atlantic Salmon

31 October 2023

FarmInsect secures €8 million funding

Feed ingredients Alternative proteins

27 October 2023

Who are the top producers and consumers of fishmeal and fish oil?

Fish stocks Feed ingredients Salmonids

26 October 2023

Study suggests mycoprotein beats soybeans in aquafeeds

Feed ingredients Health Atlantic Salmon

26 October 2023

From kingfish to insects: insights from the €200 m ocean impact fund

Feed ingredients Diagnostics Shrimp

25 October 2023

The Ocean 14 Capital fund is approaching the €200 million mark, making it “the largest impact fund in the blue economy”, according to co-founders Chris Gorell Barnes and Francisco Saraiva Gomes, and has recently closed six investments, three of which are not y…

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