Startups

Plans by NewSeas to develop a 10,000 tonne capacity barramundi farm in northern Bali have been given fresh momentum, after the company signed an MoU with Skretting.

The Norwegian aquatech startup OptoScale has raised $4.1 million to expand the use of its real-time fish farm monitoring system into new geographies.

Loch Long Salmon (LLS) has submitted a planning application to develop Scotland’s first semi-closed fish farm.

Aquaculture researchers, companies and startups are being invited to submit proposals for the third round of the UK Seafood Innovation Fund (SIF).

Three advocates of integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA) are using research in a bid to back up their beliefs in the values of the concept.

Funding worth $1.4 million is set to be allocated to 40 marine startups in Canada, including at least seven that are relevant to the aquaculture sector, as part of this year’s Ocean Startup Challenge.

Following a €3.7 million deal, Agtira is poised to produce salmon, cucumbers, tomatoes and herbs in an aquaponics facility beside the Östersund branch of Sweden’s largest supermarket chain, Maxi ICA.

India Boyer is a dealflow manager at Hatch, a role that involves finding – and tracking – emerging startups across the aquaculture value chain, looking to forge possible investments and partnerships. She is also currentl…

Instead of treating and discarding wastewater from food processing, Mark Rottmann, CEO of iCell Aqua, is integrating it with RAS – bringing the industry closer to achieving zero-waste and fully circular protein productio…

Food tech startup Aqua Cultured Foods, which is using fermentation to develop seafood alternatives with a realistic taste and texture, has launched in Chicago this week.

A new fish farming method that uses converted shipping containers has been developed by Finland’s Natural Resources Institute (LUKE).

More than 30 startups have now joined Indonesia’s Digifish Network, bringing sophisticated innovation and business models to unravel the problems in every segment of the aquaculture industry.

The plant-based seafood segment is moving far beyond soy and corn-based substitutions and can now offer seafood lovers the same taste and experience as the "real thing", according to Monica Talbert, CEO of the Plant-Base…

Israeli black soldier fly startup Entoprotech has raised $2 million from Granot, the country’s largest agricultural cooperative and biggest feed producer.

A “new generation seaweed accelerator” has been launched this week, in a bid to increase organic seaweed aquaculture.

With more than a decade of experience in shrimp aquaculture, Iwan Sumantri is spearheading the development of the Millennial Shrimp Farming project in Jepara, Indonesia while simultaneously training the next generation o…

Japan-based Next Meats Co, best known for creating plant-based barbeque meats, has added a tuna offering to their list of animal-alternative products.

On the day of the publication of Aqua-Spark’s new report on tilapia farming in sub-Saharan Africa, Willem van Pijl and Amy Novogratz reflect on what they’ve learned and what they’re hoping to achieve through the process,…

Building a shrimp farm in Florida has been rewarding and frustrating in equal measure for Robins McIntosh of Charoen Pokphand Foods, but the experience has taught him a great deal.