Innovation & Investment

Data tools and remotely operated feeding systems are just a couple ways aquaculture is accomplishing social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic. 

Automated egg-sorting technology developed by GenetiRate is being tested by prominent aquaculture companies and showing promising results. 

With a novel in-water sorting technology in the works, Agam says automating labor-intensive tasks on fish farms can improve accuracy and harvest yield. 

CP Foods’ Robins McIntosh is turning a 40-acre site in Florida into a next-generation shrimp farm, producing 1,000 tons annually with zero waste. 

There are lessons to be learned for aquaculture amid the coronavirus pandemic that's impacting life and business at every level. We explore a few perspectives. 

Last year Dubai-based Fish Farm LLC sold the first batch of salmon to be born and bred in the United Arab Emirates. More are certainly coming. 

Investors are pouring millions into recirculating aquaculture systems, but smaller RAS farms are already penetrating the market, with some poised to expand. 

Microalgae play a key nutritional role in larval shellfish culture. Photobioreactors may be a simplified, cost-effective form of algae production. 

Pathogen-resistant crawfish and microencapsulated aquafeed supplements are two examples of how Australia’s aquaculture industry is always innovating. 

Study evaluates electrochemical oxidation as a means to improve water quality in RAS systems and shows it’s possible to remove total ammonia nitrogen. 

Progressive aquaculture companies are harnessing the power of artificial intelligence (AI) from firms like Umitron and Aquaconnect to improve operations. 

Salmon farmers in Norway are trialing two new technologies, including one from Silicon Valley, in their ongoing battle with the persistent sea lice. 

Israel-based AquaMaof has seen its RAS technology rolled out to 10 facilities around the world, with more still in the pipeline. 

Nearly 40 entrepreneurs took the stage to pitch their seafood industry-changing innovations in front of a room full of discriminating investors. 

Global Aquaculture Innovation Award finalist Pegasus Science aims to simplify mycotoxin measuring in aquafeeds with near infrared (NIR) spectroscopy.