Neil Sims, co-CEO of Kampachi Farms, is optimistic when talking about the future of the company, and considering the success the Velella project has been, he has good reason to be so.
The company's research is focused on three areas, Sims told IntraFish: next generation offshore technologies, new species development, and sustainable feeds.
"Forage fisheries are – in the main – very well managed, but if we are going to scale aquaculture (as we must, to meet the needs of a planet of nine billion increasingly affluent, increasingly health-conscious consumers), then we cannot do it on the backs of Peruvian anchovies," Sims said.
"We
