Startups

The first six companies to registration for the latest F3 Challenge – which is offering three $100,000 prizes for the makers of fish feed containing no fish – have been revealed.

Norcod, the Norwegian cod farming startup, has recently attracted attention from a range of investors, including the head of one of the country’s best known salmon producers.

A new system that uses AI and IoT technology to automatically measure the size of the fish in aquaculture installations, by using a portable camera paired with a mobile app, has been developed by Umitron.

An in vitro modelling device that simulates the digestive system of a salmon, allowing researchers to assess the digestibility of feed ingredients without as many costly feed trials, has been validated by the results of …

In the first instalment of a new series on restorative aquaculture The Fish Site speaks to Sarah Holmyard, head of sales and marketing at Offshore Shellfish, which is developing a large-scale rope-grown mussel f…

Early Charm Ventures, which specialises in turning scientific discoveries made at universities into companies focused on growth, has joined Stronger America Through Seafood (SATS).

The developers of Sweden’s largest land-based salmon farm have signed an agreement with BioMar for to provide feed for their 100,000-tonne facility.

FreshToHome is raising support from the Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO) for activities including the development of its “nano farm aquaculture technology”.

Four months after joining the world’s only aquaculture and alternative seafood accelerator programme, eight startups from Hatch’s latest cohort pitched their ideas to investors in an entertaining online event today.

China’s leading cultivated meat company, Avant, has secured $3.1 million in funding to commercialise its cell-based seafood products.

Armed with a homemade submersible cage and a determination to start farming a species that was in decline in the wild, veteran trout farmer Jeff Tuerk decided to establish the North America’s only lake whitefish farm.

Investment firms in the aquaculture sector are looking at the seafood industry’s broader canvas for profits instead of solely focusing on biomass.

A secret species of filter-feeder, placed in novel devices within fish pens, could help to greatly reduce the numbers of parasites, including sea lice, affecting aquaculture operations.

Mozambican tilapia producer Chicoa Fish Farm has secured $1.5 million in funding from Goodwell Investments.

A new system that connects shrimp farmers directly to buyers - to ensure fast, efficient and secure transactions - is proving popular in Ecuador.

The Kingfish Company is now trading on the Oslo Stock Exchange’s Merkur Market, two weeks after securing €50 million in additional funding.

Innovative companies involved in shrimp feed production and adding value to fish processing by-products have been recognised in India’s 2020 National Fisheries Awards.

Singapore-based entrepreneur John Diener is committed to developing a series of urban aquaculture facilities that are able to produce shrimp, whitefish and seaweeds in high tech five-story farming systems.

A desire to improve fish farming efficiency, strengthen employment opportunities in rural Kenya and reduce HIV infection levels around Lake Victoria all inspired Dave Okech to come up with a novel, yet simple, way to hel…

Mascha Davis, a registered dietician, nutritionist, author, macro-influencer and the founder of Mini Fish, explains why sustainable aquaculture products, packaged in an environmentally friendly way, offer hope for the fu…