Startups

The stage is set for seaweed startup success

Sustainability Production systems Seaweed / Macroalgae

29 October 2021

Europe’s growing band of seaweed producers could be generating revenues of €2.7 billion and providing 85,000 jobs by 2030.

Fermented alt-seafood startup raises $2.1 million

Alternative proteins Investment Shrimp

28 October 2021

Solar-powered oyster farm sets sail

Water quality Technology & equipment Oysters

22 October 2021

Norway’s Bluegrove receives €3.5 million from EU to develop new fish welfare tech

Diagnostics Welfare Atlantic Salmon

18 October 2021

Bali's 10,000 tonne barramundi farm moves closer to completion

Production systems Economics Barramundi

14 October 2021

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.

Data analytics disrupter lands $7 million investment

Health Technology & equipment Atlantic Salmon

13 October 2021

Fish farm monitoring startup raises $4.1m

Technology & equipment

12 October 2021

Application lodged for Scotland's first semi-closed salmon farm

Sea lice Welfare Atlantic Salmon

12 October 2021

UK's Seafood Innovation Fund opens for aquaculture innovators

Sustainability Competitions Salmonids

11 October 2021

Can IMTA be commercially successful in the West?

Water quality Integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA) Atlantic Salmon

11 October 2021

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.

Seven aquaculture startups make latest Ocean Supercluster cohort

Climate change Technology & equipment Atlantic Salmon

7 October 2021

Salmon grown in a supermarket near you

Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) Aquaponics Atlantic Salmon

7 October 2021

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.

Women in aquaculture Women in aquaculture: India Boyer

Technology & equipment Events

6 October 2021

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 currently in the process of recruiting participa…

Recirculation and recycling: moving closer to zero-waste aquaculture

Nutrition Water quality Salmonids

4 October 2021

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 production.*

September 2021

Fermented fish fillets?

Biotechnology Alternative proteins Sea bass

24 September 2021

The modular fish farm made from shipping containers

Technology & equipment Land-based production systems

21 September 2021

Indonesia’s emerging aquaculture startups

Technology & equipment

20 September 2021

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.

Alt-seafood explained Alt-seafood: how plant-based shrimp and scallops are blowing minds

Sustainability Consumer Shrimp

15 September 2021

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-Based Seafood Co*.

Soldier fly producer raises $2 million

13 September 2021

Global seaweed farming accelerator launched

Climate change Sustainability Aquatic plants

10 September 2021

Meet the farmer Meet the farmer: Iwan Sumantri

Nutrition Welfare Shrimp

8 September 2021

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 of Indonesian shrimp experts.

Plant-based startup Next Meats set to launch “Next Tuna” in October 2021

Marketing Alternative proteins Tuna

7 September 2021

Sparking interest – and investment – in sub-Saharan African aquaculture

Production systems Economics Tilapia / Cichlids

7 September 2021

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, as they approach the launch of a $50 mi…

Can the "fastest animal on Earth" shake up the land-based shrimp farming sector?

Breeding & genetics Land-based production systems Shrimp

6 September 2021

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.

Can a common aquatic plant "remove chickens and cows from the food supply system"?

Climate change Alternative proteins Duckweed

3 September 2021

Aqua-Spark joins sustainable seafood initiative

Sustainability Economics

2 September 2021

August 2021

Funding windfall for startup's shellfish traceability tool

Technology & equipment Economics Clams

31 August 2021

Government grants help Assam's aquaculture sector hit new heights

Production systems Politics Catfish / Pangasius

26 August 2021

Until recently, Assam depended heavily on other Indian states to fulfil its demand for fish. However, it has increased its aquaculture production significantly in the past five years, thanks in part to government incentives.

Cermaq teams up with kelp farming startup

Feed ingredients Climate change Atlantic Salmon

23 August 2021

Closer to shrimp aquaculture A shrimp farmers' guide to certification

Certification

23 August 2021

Aquaculture certification schemes are becoming increasingly popular and here we offer a shrimp farmers’ guide to those most relevant to Indonesia and beyond.

Pure Salmon to establish Abu Dhabi HQ

Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) Education & academia Atlantic Salmon

22 August 2021

Aquaconnect lands place on Google's Indian startup accelerator

19 August 2021

“A significant step for disease management” in the salmon sector

Disease Technology & equipment Atlantic Salmon

18 August 2021

Alt-seafood explained Alt-seafood: the promise of mycoprotein fermentation

Fish stocks Sustainability

17 August 2021

Paul Shapiro, CEO of The Better Meat Co, believes that mycoprotein fermentation will give the plant-based seafood sector a whole host of ingredients for their edible offerings, while making the global food system more sustainable.

Three aquaculture startups make the Forbes Asia “100 to Watch” list

Genetics Genomics Salmonids

16 August 2021

Connecting Indian aquaculture Post-harvest digitisation: a game-changer for Indian aquaculture

Technology & equipment

16 August 2021

Although India is the world's second largest aquaculture producer, harvesting 15 million tonnes a year, post-harvest chains are plagued by a lack of transparency and inefficient value chains.

Applications open for Irish aquaculture innovation event

Technology & equipment Events

13 August 2021

Ireland’s fourth entrepreneurial aquaculture and alternative seafood programme is currently open to applications from researchers, inventors, startups, entrepreneurs and established companies in these sectors or adjacent industries.