Startups

Living Seas Aquafeeds is using local ingredients, including farmed seaweed and mangrove leaves, as a functional addition to standard feeding regimes, improving water quality, FCRs and shrimp growth, according to Timothy Hromatka, founder of the Indonesian star…

A new range of tools developed by some of the leading players in Vietnam’s shrimp sector is showing great promise for early adopters, including Minh Phu.

After more than a decade of raising eels, Sara Rademaker, the founder of American Unagi, sees New England’s eel farming sector as having a much greater chance of acceptance – and success – than many of the high profile plans for land-based farms that are curre…

An Egyptian team has succeeded in developing a smart device to estimate the feed intake required for each tank on a fish farm, helping improve productivity and water quality.

Seawater Cubes have developed a unique RAS designed to produce nearly 8 tonnes of fish from units made from four shipping containers and has recently moved from the pilot to commercial phase.

Blue Pond Group has developed a range of seaweed-based feed supplements that reduce the prevalence of EHP, WFS and EMS in shrimp farming, according to Mauricio Castillo, its CEO and founder.

The effective development of farmed kelp processing could not only replace conventional plastic packing in a range of applications, but also uplift the lives of women around the world, according to Fionnuala Quin, founder and CEO Kelpy.

DBug, a UK-based startup, is working to convert low value soy and rapeseed byproducts into high value mealworm protein for use in the aquafeed, neonate and pet food markets.

Symbrosia* is a Hawaii-based startup that’s producing seaweed-based feed additives derived from Asparagopsis seaweed to reduce methane emissions from livestock eructation.

Viable Gear founder Katie Weiler is in the early stages of making equipment for the aquaculture industry using a seaweed polymer to reduce the amount of petroleum-based plastics entering our oceans from the sector.

Mike Selden, co-founder of Finless Foods*, explains the progress the team has achieved to date and what’s next for cell-cultivated bluefin tuna.