Meet Fish 2.0's award-winning businesses disrupting seafood
The prestigious seafood business competition Fish 2.0 recently announced the eight winning companies who are working to make the seafood industry more sustainable, traceable and socially conscious.
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Sustainable Fishery Trade is dedicated to helping small-scale fisheries and local fishermen based in Peru obtain fair prices on their catch.
Real Oyster Cult is dedicated to getting more people—particularly those living in land-locked states—to fall in love with sustainable, traceable oysters. Users can order gourmet oysters through a special app and Real Oyster Cult will ship them overnight to your doorstep.
Located in the Solomon Islands, Didds helps manage and restore sustainable fisheries by helping locals to fish for bottom-water species.
This Thailand-located company grows nutrient-dense spirulina on rooftops in Bangkok, utilizing concrete buildings for healthy food production.
Panacea Oyster Co-Op, located in Florida, is revitalizing coastlines, building community and creating jobs through conscious oyster farms in the Apalachee Bay.
Based in Alaska, Northline Seafoods optimally processes locally caught salmon for longer shelf life and quality. Northline freezes fish whole to minimize the time salmon stays out of the water. Plus, they buy direct for improved traceability.
Based in Vancouver, B.C., ThisFish pioneered easy-to-use software that allows consumers and restaurants to learn exactly where their seafood came from, when it was caught, what species it is and who caught it for full transparency and traceability.
This innovative company converts CO2 into protein-rich fish meal for aquaculture operations, eliminating the need to catch small fish for food.
This innovative company converts CO2 into protein-rich fish meal for aquaculture operations, eliminating the need to catch small fish for food.
Seafood is an essential form of high-quality nutrition around the world. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United States, global per capita consumption of fish has risen to more than 44 pounds per year for the first time. This growth is largely driven by the relatively recent adoption of aquaculture, which is used by many more-sustainable-than-you-think fisheries. But in a 2016 report, FAO said that the world’s marine resources are hurting, citing that, “almost a third of commercial fish stocks are now fished at biologically unsustainable levels, triple the level of 1974.” Overfishing, paired with rampant mislabeling and sometimes sub-par working conditions for fishermen, has left the seafood industry in need of repair.
Thankfully, there is a groundswell of companies and organizations working to secure seafood availability for the future. Fish 2.0 is one such organization. Based in Carmel, California, Fish 2.0 connects investors and global seafood entrepreneurs to grow the sustainable seafood sector. In addition to workshops, networking and mentoring events, the Fish 2.0 competition culminates with the global and topical Innovation Forum. The sterling group of winners were recently announced. These winners were awarded $5,000 to further fund their operations.
Flip through the slideshow to view Fish 2.0’s sustainable seafood business competition winners, and learn how these pioneering companies are solving some of seafood’s most pressing issues.
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