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A biotech shrimp company is challenging the design and environmental impact of shrimp hatcheries Assaf Shechter, Amir Sagi, Enzootic
Seafood consumers’ growing awareness of traceability, safety and ocean impact is likely to create new opportunities for direct engagement through valueadded sustainable and traceable brands. The traditional “wild-caught” marketing terminology used for prawns, shrimp and fish captured by shipping trawlers, as well as public concern that seafood from our ever-more polluted oceans is safe for consumption, will clearly have to be replaced in light of increasingly progressive consumer attitudes. “Responsibly farmed” will have
Hatchery Feed & Management Vol 9 Issue 3 2021
to be promoted to seafood consumers as the only real sustainable alternative to fisheries. To justify a truly alternative position, greater segments of the aquaculture industry must adopt and develop more accountable and sustainable practices for ensuring food and environmental safety. These practices can include the expansion of freshwater aquaculture, disconnected from marine ecosystems and coastlines, and gradual transition to environmentally isolated indoor production units that rely on highly efficient recirculated closed
