Responsibility
WHOI, WWF team up on seaweed farming research
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the World Wildlife Fund will test sugar kelp strains and measure the yield and quality of new strains.
Innovation & Investment
Manolin begins automated disease alert system for salmon farmers
Norway-based software and data analytics firm Manolin launched a service to automatically alert farmers about nearby non-notifiable diseases.
Innovation & Investment
XpertSea raises $20 million to grow its data-driven marketplace and financial services
Canadian aquaculture technology company XpertSea secures Series B funding to expand the reach of its data-driven marketplace and financial services.
Innovation & Investment
Proteon Pharmaceuticals poised to grow its bacteriophage products for aquaculture
Bacteriophage producer nets €21 million to accelerate the commercialization of its products, which aim to reduce antibiotic usage in aquaculture.
Responsibility
PEI Aquaculture Alliance swaps 87,000 Styrofoam buoys with more sustainable option
Concerned with pollution, the PEI Aquaculture Alliance swaps 87,000 Styrofoam buoys with a more sustainable option to curb shoreline waste.
Intelligence
Poll: Americans want local seafood, stronger protections
U.S. NGO Environmental Defense Fund polls registered voters and finds that 84 percent would support a well-regulated aquaculture industry.
Intelligence
American Unagi breaks ground on land-based eel farm in Maine
Eel producer American Unagi has broken ground on a 27,000-square-foot recirculating aquaculture system near the coast of Maine.
Aquafeeds
NovoNutrients secures funding to scale up microbial meal production
NovoNutrients, a microbial meal producer using industrial waste as an energy source, has secured $9 million in equity to scale production.