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Vertical Bay: the US startup seeking to emulate Japan's scallop farming success

1 week ago | thefishsite.com | Rob Fletcher

Founded by Andrew Peters and his wife, Sam, and now supported by Struan Coleman as their business partner, the company currently harvests between 40,000 and 50,000 scallops annually. Although their ambition is tempered by realism, they believe that their hard work is beginning to translate into a much more efficient farming model – one that they are now well placed to expand.
EU-UK trade deal could unlock investment for England’s largest mussel farm

2 weeks ago | thefishsite.com | Rob Fletcher

Speaking to The Fish Site the day after the announcement, Nicki Holmyard, co-founder of the company, explained that while it felt too early to properly celebrate – as the precise details of the revised rules governing UK bivalve exports to Europe were not yet clear – the documents that she had seen so far did contain two bits of good news.
Scaling Ireland’s red seaweed sector

3 weeks ago | thefishsite.com | Megan Howell

“How far away is that cliff edge?” I ask, inching the family car down a narrow track in Ireland’s Beara peninsula. “You’ve got about two metres.” My husband is using his reassuring voice – which means that I probably have just over one metre before he’ll want to bail. Moments later, however, we’re safely in front of Pure Ocean Algae’s 600m2 seaweed hatchery outside Castletownbere, in southwest Ireland.
Meet Sweden's biggest biofloc fan

1 month ago | thefishsite.com | Rob Fletcher

Olstorpe’s initial venture, called Vegafish, was in business from 2014 until 2019. Despite the challenges that led to its closure, she argues that it was a successful proof-of-concept venture, which has provided invaluable experience. Called Håva, the new incarnation will consist of build a bigger and better biofloc system, with a new location on the coast.
Is direct seeding the moonshot that the emerging seaweed industry needs?

1 month ago | thefishsite.com | David Aldridge

Almost every industry at some point is disrupted by ideas that most people dismiss as impractical, unfeasible or impossible. Technologies that are now widespread – such as radar, commercial jet planes, the internet and smart phones – were all ridiculed at some point. Such revolutionary ideas are often referred as “moonshots”, “loonshots”, or “disruptive innovations”.
Why high value should be placed on producing low-trophic seafood

1 month ago | thefishsite.com | Rob Fletcher

Returning to France after 13 years of trying to improve the sustainability of Chinese agriculture, Macquet was struck by how one of France’s most sustainable food production sectors – oyster farming – wasn’t inspiring the interest and recognition he was convinced it deserved.
Welcome to the age of the 'phage

1 month ago | thefishsite.com | Rob Fletcher

The US-based startup's phage platform targets pathogenic vibrios responsible early mortality syndrome (EMS) in shrimp and vibriosis in shrimp, oysters and finfish. The company is on the verge of securing regulatory approval in Mexico, where it also has its R&D headquarters, and expects is set to launch its first product in Mexico this year. Dr Loaiza believes the potential impact of this technology is substantial. “EMS can cause up to 85 percent mortality in hatcheries and grow-out farms.
A pivotal moment for the South Atlantic's most ambitious salmon farming plan

1 month ago | thefishsite.com | Rob Fletcher

According to its supporters, the planned £350 million project would help to revitalise the archipelago’s struggling economy and create new employment opportunities in a community that’s over reliant on governmental jobs. However, recent history shows that there’s also vocal and effective opposition to aquaculture within the islands' 3,000-person population, leaving the fate of the project hanging in the balance.
Why Nigerian farmers are abandoning aquaculture

1 month ago | thefishsite.com | Ekpali Saint

Nine years after Fezino Farms Limited began operations in Nigeria’s capital city of Abuja in 2014, it shut down. Wale Bello, the manager, explains that a combination of challenges – such as the poor power supply for the pumps, the high cost of feed, the lack of access to loans and funding for expansion, unstable pricing, and increasing cost of petrol and diesel for generators – contributed to the closure of the farm. “How do we survive?” Bello asks.
A pivotal moment for genome editing in aquaculture

2 months ago | thefishsite.com | Rob Fletcher

CAT’s CEO, John Buchanan; Matt Josephson, who has been responsible for the company’s editing work in Brazil; and ’s CEO, Ramon Amaral, recently explained the details of the deal, and its wider significance, to The Fish Site.