Mowi outlines genomics, novel protein R&D efforts
The salmon farmer is working on several projects, including AquaIMPACT, a major effort to integrate fish breeding and nutrition to increase the competitiveness of the EU's aquaculture industry
Shiok opens first cell-based shrimp facility, welcomes two new investors
The Singapore-based company is still revealing new investors on its oversubscribed 'bridging round', this time naming two established 'impact investors'
Researchers working to turn fish heads, bones into good food
Humans directly consume about 35% of all seafood harvests with the rest going to lower value uses
Alternative seafood companies raised $116m in first half of 2021
'Retail plant-based seafood sales could grow by $221m if the category was able to capture the same share of the seafood market that plant-based meat has of the meat market' -- GFI
Japanese firm trials Hawaiian dish with salmon, tuna trimmings
The company seeks to launch a Hawaiian dish, loco moco, using leftover tuna or salmon patties with a three-colored rice bowl, fried egg and pickled leaf mustard
Recap news from recent Aquaculture Innovation Summit
The Undercurrent News team reported on all the news as the 2021 Aquaculture Innovation Summit was held virtually on Sept. 28 and 29
Ecto gets $7m in quest to help aquaculture firms with digital data
Ecto hopes to pioneer structured data capture to enable aquaculture producers to make their operations more efficient and sustainable
Avant partners with Singapore research institute to scale up cultivated fish production
Cultivated fish firm Avant has partnered with Singapore's Bioprocessing Technology Institute to establish a joint research laboratory for bioprocessing
BlueNalu CEO: Cell-based seafood needs more time to reach mass production
US-based BlueNalu CEO Lou Cooperhouse believes the regulatory issue of cell-based seafood would clear up in more countries over the next couple of years
Calysta annouces new CFO, board member
Calysta announced Keysha Bailey has become CFO, and Rabobank veteran Jacqueline Pieters-Zetsma has joined the company's board of directors