Innovation & Investment
‘We want change’: How a seafood database aims to influence seafood investment decisions
Planet Tracker’s seafood database evaluates seafood companies’ exposure to sustainability risks like overfishing and IUU fishing.
Intelligence
‘Away from the coast’: Latest Maine RAS venture chooses forest over seas
Land-based salmon farm Katahdin Salmon will be built far from the shoreline to where operational costs and conditions might lead to success sooner.
Through the tubes: Using pneumatic tubes to transport fish, this company’s fish passage is in demand
Innovation & Investment
Through the tubes: Using pneumatic tubes to transport fish, this company’s fish passage is in demand
Whooshh Innovations uses pneumatic tubes to transport fish in wild and farmed environments, greatly reducing stress and improving product quality.
Health & Welfare
‘The right thing to do’: How aquaculture is innovating to reduce fish stress and improve animal welfare
With research showing that stress can damage meat quality, fish and shrimp farmers are weighing the latest animal welfare solutions.
Innovation & Investment
‘Plug-and-play’ shrimp farm inventor out to prove that Shrimpbox is more than just a neat idea
Is Atarraya’s AI-enabled, biofloc-based Shrimpbox, one of TIME Magazine’s top inventions of 2022, a game-changer for urban shrimp aquaculture?
Fisheries
‘Regulation is pushing toward greenifying materials’: How one innovator is upcycling seafood waste into biodegradable packaging foam
GOAL 22: Cruz Foam’s biodegradable packaging foam made with shrimp shells is a finalist for GSA’s inaugural Global Fisheries Innovation Award.
Intelligence
Shrimp farmer swimming upstream in Canada’s cattle country has its sights set on the States
Despite little local support in the province of Alberta, shrimp farmer Waterford Farms is seeking a foothold – and a low footprint.
Fisheries
Could these high- and low-tech approaches help curb fisheries bycatch?
From marine mammal ‘pingers’ to seabird-sparing fishing hooks, commercial fishermen have a growing number of options to prevent fisheries bycatch.
Aquafeeds
This Las Vegas-based company is converting ammonia into a regenerative fishmeal alternative for shrimp
A regenerative fishmeal alternative for shrimp feeds from Ocean Ranch is created by the natural conversion of ammonia to protein.
Intelligence
Could floating cages revitalize an oyster farming industry decimated by the MSX parasite?
Study says floating cages could help revitalize the Cape Breton oyster farming industry destroyed by MSX parasite 20 years earlier.
Innovation & Investment
Chemical and biological sensors in the ocean could deliver climate change data in real time
Seafood producers could soon get preemptive warnings on ocean conditions that affect the health of their products.
Intelligence
Canadians largely support ocean-based salmon farming, yet farms are being shut down
Amid a dizzying landscape of passions and politics, a recent survey showed the confusing messages Canadians are getting about salmon farming.
Fisheries
Rethinking ropes: Can ropeless fishing gear end whale entanglements?
Ropeless fishing gear can prevent whale entanglements and reduce the amount of discarded or lost fishing equipment but the cost is a limiting factor.
Innovation & Investment
Investors envision a connected sub-Saharan African tilapia farming industry
Inaugural Aqua Insights report encourages investment in Aqua-Spark's Africa Fund to kickstart a new era of tilapia farming for the region.
Innovation & Investment
‘AI ticks all the boxes’ and is proving to be a perfect match for aquaculture
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rippling through the aquaculture industry, promising greater efficiencies and insights, as well as investor interest.
Innovation & Investment
Investors see a flurry of activity putting aquaculture on fast-forward
Aquaculture is the world’s fastest-growing food sector, yet many investors have stayed away. A string of summer deals indicates a shift.