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Aquaculture startup, Swedish timber giant see big synergies between paper mills and land-based systems

The $1.8 billion timber giant sees fish waste as potential supplier of nitrogen for mills, while unused heat may warm growout tanks.

Big Akwa's founders Hugo Wikstrom and Elena Petukhovskaya. Sweden has a very high dependency on agriculture and aquaculture import but its sentiment towards domestic aquaculture is slowly starting to change, they say.
Big Akwa's founders Hugo Wikstrom and Elena Petukhovskaya. Sweden has a very high dependency on agriculture and aquaculture import but its sentiment towards domestic aquaculture is slowly starting to change, they say.Foto: big akwa
Published 14 September 2021, 06:15Updated 3 November 2021, 19:22
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