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M&A March 30, 2021 8:11 AM
Urchinomics raises $5.7m for commercial-scale projects in Japan, North America, Norway

By Neil Ramsden

Japanese energy and metal conglomerate ENEOS and a 'North American family office' participated in the fundraise, while Cornelis Vrolijk has been revealed as a longtime backer

Sea urchin June 22, 2020 10:57 AM
Urchinomics signs R&D deal with Japanese tech giant NTT

By Neil Ramsden

It is Nippon Telegraph and Telephone's first foray into aquaculture AI, and the tech firm believes the outcomes will be applicable to all land-based projects in the future

Sea urchin June 2, 2020 10:02 AM
Urchinomics begins Japan coop pilot in tsunami-hit region of Ishinomaki

By Neil Ramsden

Ishinomaki was one of the worst-hit areas in the 2011 tsunami and is still recovering; Urchinomics and 'Fisherman Japan', which looks to make fishing fashionable, aim to help

Sustainability Feb. 3, 2020 9:32 AM
Urchinomics launches first Norwegian venture with land-based facility

By Neil Ramsden

The company -- which removes urchins from valuable kelp forests, where they are a pest, and raises them to a prized delicacy -- hopes this RAS will be the first of many

North America Jan. 8, 2020 9:17 AM
Canadian firm uses Japanese technicians to train staff on processing sea urchins 

Labrador Gem has already sent out its first shipments, and the hope is up to two per week during the winter months if all goes well

Supply Dec. 31, 2019 7:33 PM
NY Times: China sees growing demand for sea cucumbers

'Huge stretches of tidal flatlands northeast of Dalian, the peninsula’s port city, have been carved into patchworks of ponds so vast they are visible in satellite maps'

Asia Nov. 7, 2019 9:19 AM
Urchin rancher secures California site, plans harvest by 2020

By Jason Smith

'Permitted aquaculture facilities in coastal California are as rare as unicorns,' Brian Tsuyoshi Takeda of Urchinomics said. 'Now it’s just a matter of the lawyers working out the details'

R&D April 17, 2019 5:22 PM
Japan’s Fujitsu testing internet of things in sea cucumber farming

Fujitsu and Coast Research Engineering hope to develop aquafarming techniques free of human labor

Companies April 4, 2019 2:55 PM
Canada’s Clearwater to ramp up sea cucumber processing in Newfoundland

Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans set the quota for sea cucumbers in the area at 6,106t for 2019, 1,000t more than last year

Retail Feb. 13, 2019 12:19 AM
Urchinomics brings ‘pest’ urchins to retail at $70/kg

By Neil Ramsden

The initiative -- which catch sea urchins which are harming the environment, ranches them to improve roe yield, then sells them up a transparent chain -- is seeing results

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