Viewpoint: Navigating investment pitfalls in recirculating aquaculture
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Editor's Note 
 
This week's Features section, to me, offers a similar theme of educating more people about the power of RAS. I know that our reader community don't necessarily need to be convinced of this, but the more we have out in the world, the more visibility.
- Jean Ko Din, Editor
 
THIS WEEK 
 
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Fifax files for bankruptcy, taking steps to safeguard fish stock

Fifax Plc has not secured sufficient funding to implement its corporate restructuring. As a result, the company reported it will be filing for bankruptcy. The company is taking steps to safeguard the fish stock it has built up and said it is working with authorities to determine the best solutions going forward.


Japanese real estate developer invests in Pure Salmon Japan

Pure Salmon welcomed Mori Trust as a strategic investor of what could be Japan’s largest land-based salmon farming project. Pure Salmon is developing a 10,000-ton Atlantic salmon RAS facility in Tsu City, Mie Prefecture called Soul of Japan.


South-Tek now offers compressors, dryers, and filters

South-Tek Systems now offers compressors, dryers, and filters alongside its trusted nitrogen generators. According to a press release from South-Tek, this is the latest in the company’s expansion into full-spectrum compressed air solutions.


 
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Riding the digital wave

For over ten years, Aquafarmer LLC, a Moscow-based engineering firm, has been building RAS farms in Russia and across the post-Soviet space. In addition to its core business, Anton Pelcher, Aquafarmer CEO, is now also running a popular YouTube channel about RAS technologies, calling to popularize this still nascent segment of aquaculture in Russia and abroad. » Read more
 
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Viewpoint: Navigating investment pitfalls in recirculating aquaculture

Whilst RAS projects can be successful with the right choice of technology, it must still be remembered that 70 per cent of early RAS projects (1984 to 2008) have failed. Today, the failure rate looks more like 50 per cent, but it remains a difficult venture for any newcomer. One cannot expect it to be easy for an investor to navigate through the RAS “jungle.” » Read More...
 
 
FISH WASTE 
 

Rethinking fish waste in RAS with Trevor Gent of Alumichem

Trevor Gent, director of Engineered Solutions at Alumichem, delves into the critical role of wastewater treatment in recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS). As a”fish poop expert,” he emphasizes the importance of early planning and integration of waste management systems. » Read more

Waste not: converting RAS fish waste to fertilizer, biocoal, other opportunities

Fish sludge is an ideal breeding ground for disease-causing bacteria and it clogs up systems. In this article, we investigate the contrasting waste conversion strategies adopted by two dissimilar companies that embraced fish waste recycling in different phases of their company’s growth. » Read more

 
MORE HEADLINES 
 

Plans for Mexico's first aquaculture centre announced at 2025 UN Ocean Conference

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Norway reopens land-based aquaculture licensing, introduces new rules

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RASTECH25 recap: RAS is open for business

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Events 
 

Aqua Nor   

August 19-21, 2025
Trondheim, Norway
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Global Shrimp Forum 2025

September 2-4, 2025
Utrecht, the Netherlands
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US Trout Farmers Fall Meeting   

September 16-18, 2025
New York, U.S.A.
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