Startups

NaturalShrimp Inc has filed a patent for a new electrocoagulation (EC) technology that can reduce the nitrites in recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS).

Dynaspace, a Norwegian startup that offers accessible insights and forecasts relating to the shrimp aquaculture industry, has received a NOK 3.5 million ($400,000) grant from Innovation Norway.

RAS pioneer NaturalShrimp is ramping up production at its current facilities and has released plans for new facilities in Florida and Nevada.

Though insect protein startups are generating splashy headlines and bringing new players into the aquafeed industry, single-cell and microbial proteins might be a key feed component in the future.

Kenya-based insect farmer, aquaculture consultant and entrepreneur Proscovia Alando aims to establish the largest fish farming operation in East Africa, in a bid to improve prospects of the region’s women and youth in pa…

Texas-based shrimp producer NaturalShrimp has announced that it has secured a $15 million credit offering.

Aquaculture service provider Qian Hu Corporation announced that it has entered into a S$1 million unsecured convertible loan agreement with AquaEasy – a company that combines sensors, software, and services for shrimp fa…

A 220-pond, 500 hectare shrimp farm has opened in Oman following a three-year construction project.

A Scottish startup has received £125,000 from the Seafood Innovation Fund (SIF) to explore the benefits of using natural kelp structures as hides for cleaner fish on salmon farms.

Hatch Innovation Services (HIS) is seeking a full-time data and business analyst to assist and support the growth of its expanding aquaculture innovation consultancy business.

The US National Oceaninc and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has issued its first round of funding for the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) programme.

Jyotirmayee Moharana, who hails from Orissa, joined the Aquaconnect* team as a banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI) sales manager. She now travels to villages in the state’s coastal belt to enable access to f…

Plans to begin construct the UK’s largest shrimp farm in 2022 have been released by a startup called Land Ocean Farm today.

Canadian aquatech firm XpertSea has made it to number 23 in Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50 programme, and came in at number 148 in the Deloitte Technology Fast 500.

Fifteen projects relating to seaweed aquaculture have been awarded €700,000 in funding from the Safe Seaweed Coalition.

Jala Tech*, the Indonesian startup which uses proprietary hardware and data platforms to improve the sustainability of the shrimp farming sector, has raised US$6 million.

Dave Okech, founder and CEO of AquaRech, has been selected as one of 35 members of the 2022 Obama Foundation Leaders Africa programme.

Hatch and Conservation International (CI) have put 10 female-led aquaculture businesses through their paces as part of their first-ever Women in Aquaculture Innovation Studio programme.

Hatch* hopes its upcoming Women in Aquaculture Community Day on 22 November will inspire more female entrepreneurs to enter the aquaculture space.

Sundew announced today that it had acquired all the share in MicroSynbiotiX – a startup that has developed algal RNA interference-based technologies with uses that include protecting shrimp against viral whitespot diseas…