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The blue revolution Aquaculture has been around for millennia. But aquaculture as an industrial food system is in its adolescence, suffering from major growing pains. The industry has the potential to mature into the most sustainable food production system on the planet—the science and technology are there. Significant social, cultural, and policy barriers must be overcome by developing new markets, new approaches to investment, and new distribution systems. Challenges In Asia, people have traditionally raised fish and shrimp in ditches alongside rice paddies or…

Engage the insurance and financial sectors to develop better risk mitigation strategies and improved dialogue around how to lower risk profiles of aquaculture farms. Risk management is overwhelmingly poorly addressed. Ecologically sound and commercially viable aquaculture is still in its infancy, and lack of capital is impeding growth. One of the impasses to investment is risk, both real and perceived. We did not see any significant involvement from the financial sector in either creating risk mitigation products, or offering loans that provide risk mitigation…

pod Seafood buyers make purchasing decisions based on consistency, quality, quantity, and price. Most ecologically sound fish farms can deliver consistency and quality, but many, limited by land area, lease size, or tank capacity, produce volumes too low to be competitive. Because the coordinated logistics to source product from multiple distributed farms are lacking, poor market access continues to be a barrier to new aquaculture start-ups. “Unless you’re pushing to maximize profits by densely populating your system, growing the fish is not your biggest…

Uncovering solutions that drive ecologically sound and commercially viable models for farm-raised seafood Worldwide, the voracious appetite for fish has shamefully depleted our oceans, overexploited stocks, and destroyed marine habitats. To keep pace with the growing demand for seafood—predicted to rise 8% during the next decade—the world must increasingly rely on aquaculture, the farming of fish. As stewards of a future without food scarcity and environmental plunder, our critical challenge is to find new ways to produce more fish without causing more harm. Forward-thinking fish…