Startups

Eleven female-led startups have just embarked on the inaugural Women in Ocean Food Innovation Studio, which takes place in Bali over the next fortnight.

Aquaponics Iberia, a Portuguese startup which aims to grow fish and greens in an integrated system, is looking to raise €4.5 million, to establish an urban farm.

International experts came to the University of Maine for the third annual Recirculating Aquaculture Salmon Network (RAS-N) and the first-ever Sustainable Aquaculture Systems Supporting Salmon (SAS2) conference.

In three years Ireland's Pure Ocean Algae has domesticated a wild dulse, a red seaweed species, and created a fully-fledged macroalgae value chain. The Fish Site sat down with founder Michael O'Neill to learn mo…

Forsea Foods has secured $5.2 million to expand its cultivated eel offering and develop organoid technology.

Six blue tech startups that focus on improving ocean health, increasing coastal resilience and developing new technology for the aquaculture sector have been tapped to join the University of Southern Mississippi’s Gulf B…

Grobest Group has entered a partnership with AquaEasy that hopes to make Vietnam’s shrimp industry more sustainable, productive and profitable by adopting artificial intelligence (AI).

Oceanfarmr*, the new name for SmartOysters, is looking to apply its technology across the wider aquaculture sector – initially targeting mussel and seaweed producers – and has also launched a new finance tool for farmers…

The Sustainable Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) has opened a new funding call for collaborative innovation projects, helping the sector to continue with vital research and development as cost-of-living pressures ris…

The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) has been awarded a $7.5 million grant from NOAA to lead a project to advance innovative ways to control harmful algal blooms (HABs).

Alt-seafood startup Aqua Cultured Foods has announced an agreement with SV Group, a leading Swiss hospitality and catering company.

Singapore’s Umami Meats* is building momentum as it partners with US-based ingredient firm Ingredion to launch Thai-style fish cakes and battered fillets.

Gishanda Fish Farm, a new development initiative between Akagera National Park, FoodTechAfrica and a consortium of Dutch companies, begins operations on 18 October.

Researchers in Scotland are developing a first-of-its-kind immunology tool that could allow all aspects of salmon health to be assessed from a single blood sample.

The University of California at San Diego has announced the second cohort for the StartBlue programme, an accelerator for startups dedicated to tacking ocean-focused challenges and solutions.

US seaweed pioneer BLU3 has partnered with Te Huata, a group representing the First Nations tribe in New Zealand, to develop commercial seaweed research, nursery and farming facilities in the South Pacific.

The fund has given Tilabras, a leading producer of sustainable tilapia in Brazil, the nod and will work to expand its farming capacity.

Asparagopsis grower SeaStock has penned a MOU with a local co-op that will jumpstart production at a new pilot facility.

Mexican startup Atarraya is in the process of commercialising a modular shrimp farming system, based on a unique design housed in shipping containers.

Eco Cascade plans to set up a processing hub that enables Scotland’s emerging seaweed farming companies to upscale, as its co-founder, Alison Baker, explains.