Norwegian investors Ferd Capital and Broodstock Capital are actively seek new aquaculture investments, but their criteria for potential investments is uncompromising.

As global seafood consumption is expected to increase, and most of this increase will derive from aquaculture, it is an attractive sector in which to invest, Ferd Capital investment executive Tone Bjornstad Hanstad and Broodstock Capital Partner Pal Kristian Moe told IntraFish.

But while it is clear that consumers want to eat seafood, it is increasingly vital that this seafood has green credentials.