Innovation & Investment

The CEO of AquaGen knew that the Norwegian research group’s work in genomics was key to the salmon industry’s future. And that was before she even worked there. 

An orally administered vaccine product holds great promise for aquaculture, and Maryland-based startup VakSea is on the cusp of providing one. Sensing a major opportunity, the company’s focus has pivoted to shrimp. 

The 28-year-old founder and CEO of Tajin Farms – a catfish supplier and processing operation in Warri, Delta State – talks about his humble beginnings and bold plans for aquaculture in Africa. 

Zach Stein, CEO and cofounder of Silicon Valley-based Osmo Systems, thinks it’s time aquaculture embraces rapid change through technology. His startup aims to help aquaculture operators automate water quality monitoring systems. 

Stronger America Through Seafood aims to influence federal policymakers to create guidelines that would give offshore aquaculture a chance to show its potential. 

A company in Indonesia hopes the vast network of shrimp farms throughout the country will adopt its IoT device, particularly when they’re on the go. 

Berlin-based Monitorfish wants to enable fish farmers to keep a close watch on their stocks from their smartphones, another Internet of Things solution for producers. 

A serial tech entrepreneur and a shrimp trader want to be Amazon for India’s shrimp farming industry. An accelerator program half a world away has brought them closer to their goals. 

Impact investment, which seeks environmental and social returns in addition to profits, was examined during a SeaWeb Seafood Summit panel. 

Cargill’s iQShrimp is a novel, cloud-based, digital platform that can capture and record relevant data from shrimp ponds through various automated systems to help shrimp farmers manage risk and make better management decisions. 

Sara Rademaker launched American Unagi to shift eel farming to American soil, where the eels are from. Why? Because of the novelty, and because she saw an opportunity to do things better. 

Recognizing its potential as a sustainable fish producer, Norway highlights land-based halibut farmer Sogn Aqua in the debute of The Explorer digital showroom. The Advocate recently paid a visit to the farm in Ortnevik. 

The consensus among several presenters at the aquaculture portion of the Alltech ONE18 conference was clear: Much more seafood is needed to feed humans, whose numbers will reach 8 billion in less than six years. 

The Ideal Fish “urban fish farm” in Connecticut is producing branzino, or European sea bass, using RAS technology. Learn about this project from the company that designed and supported it: Pentair Aquatic Eco-Systems. 

In the first startup profile of the inaugural Hatch cohort in Bergen, meet two young software developers who left Washington, D.C., for Norway and the power of personal connections to grow their aquaculture analytics business.