Christian Lim, CEO of venture capital firm Blue Oceans Partners, believes the industry is witnessing the "coming of age" of the innovation space in aquaculture, as start-up companies accelerate at speed.

Speaking at IntraFish's Aquaculture Innovation Summit last month, Lim said the current pipeline of new and "quality" innovation companies looking for investment is buoyant, and so too is the number of companies ready to move onto the next stage and commercialize.