Startups

Ewan McAsh designed SmartOysters to solve his farming pain points and now both he and other oyster farmers are reaping the benefits – leading to improvements in everything from financial performance to mental health.

Haven King-Nobles, co-founder of Fish Welfare Initiative, explains why the ethical startup can make a real impact on the Indian aquaculture sector.

In the first instalment of a new series, Rajamanohar Somasundaram, founder and CEO of Aquaconnect*, reflects on year that has been challenging for India’s aquaculture sector, but which strengthens the case for the increa…

Award-winning Scottish aquaculture technology supplier Ace Aquatec has announced the opening of its new Norwegian division, in Bergen.

Bluefront Equity, a private equity fund that aims to invest in companies that make the seafood value chain more sustainable, has been launched by Kjetil Haga and Simen Landmark today.

A selection of budding and experienced aquaculture entrepreneurs took part in a two-week online aquaculture innovation workshop earlier this month. The object being to support, develop and ultimately build a growing pipe…

Using sea water to create coastal wetlands in which crops including fish and shellfish can be grown is a relatively new concept, but Yanik Nyberg, founder of Seawater Solutions, believes that it can help to revolutionise…

Plans to invest $60 million to create the world’s largest kelp farm 3-10 kilometres off the coast of Namibia have been announced today.

A biotech company that aims to turn carbon dioxide into feeds for sectors including aquaculture, has secured sufficient funding to establish a new production facility.

Desmond Chow, the founder of Singapore Crawfish, is so convinced that crayfish aquaculture is ripe for investment that he’s spent the past two years, and considerable amounts of his own capital, developing a range of cra…

FishGlobe, a novel fish farm design that is also “the largest construction ever made in polyethylene”, is showing early signs of promise.

Plans to attract more investors to the aquaculture sector have been announced by Hatch Blue, the aquaculture venture company, and the law firm Thommessen.

Results from the first 18 months of production at Norway’s first land-based salmon farm have been revealed today.

Plans to establish a tropical aquaculture accelerator in Queensland by James Cook University (JCU) have been given a boost by an election commitment of $67 million by the leader of the Liberal National Party.

American Aquafarms is considering establishing sites in Maine for a salmon hatchery, grow~out pens and a state-of-the art processing plant.

A joint venture to farm sea grapes as sustainable superfoods and plant-based proteins has been launched by Blue Aqua International and Stemcell United.

Insect farming startup Ÿnsect has extended its Series C funding to $372 million – the largest amount ever raised by a non-American agtech business.

Funding to accelerate the development of the UK’s first large-scale industrial insect farm could provide a significant boost to the sustainability of the country’s aquaculture sector, according to experts.

HydroNeo, a start-up that aims to increase the efficiency of shrimp aquaculture, has secured an investment through Thai Union’s venture fund.

A new aquaculture vaccine development company has been launched by Touchlight Genetics and Stonehaven Incubate.