Shrimp x Tech: Making Shrimp Supply Predictable
The first company that presents is Minnowtech. Minnowtech is a US-based aquaculture technology company that enables shrimp farmers to measure shrimp biomass precisely. Using Minnowtech’s sonar-based system, shrimp farmers optimize the health and growth of their animals, enhancing the harvest of market-size shrimp while minimizing risks to juvenile shrimp. Imagine what the company can do once it has more devices in the water. It can calculate the amount of biomass in the water at any moment and predict future supply.
The second company that presents is GalaxEye. GalaxEye is an Indian space-tech startup that will soon send its own and the world's first multi-sensor imaging satellite into orbit. GalaxEye's Drishti mission has a unique multi-sensor capability that brings intuitive all-time, all-weather imagery from space, even during nighttime and cloud cover. For the aquaculture industry, GalaxEye Blue offers feed companies, processors, and others a range of products related to water quality monitoring, production monitoring, and supply forecasting. Today, the company has a complete overview of the number of ponds stocked and the estimated sizes of every shrimp pond in Andhra Pradesh.
The last company that presents is Kontali. Kontali is a well-known market intelligence company from Norway that can already predict supply for the salmon industry. The company is now building the data models and infrastructure to do the same for shrimp. The company aims to forecast supply at the country, regional, and global levels by organizing, aggregating, and modeling data from worldwide shrimp farming regions.
After pitching their products, the three CEOs will be joined by industry representatives who will engage in a deeper conversation about the use case of these products for their businesses. There will be time for questions from the audience as well!
Anton Immink has more than 25 years’ experience of aquaculture sector development across Asia, Africa and Europe. He has worked with international organisations, governments, major seafood buyers and supply chain companies, but Anton is most passionate about the long-term involvement of smallholder farmers in value chains. He wants to find solutions for farmers and regulators to address the many challenges that aquaculture continues to face as the sector grows, including environmental management at farm and resource level, coordinated health control, sustainable and quality inputs, better use of data, and equitable access to innovation. Anton is CEO of ThinkAqua, an NGO that will work with partners around the world to address these challenges.
Esther Luiten is Commercial Director at the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) and has over 15 years of experience in the global seafood sector. Focus of her team at ASC is on engaging retailers and seafood brands into ASC programme. The Market Development Team is also strengthening relationships with key stakeholders such as NGOs, governments and researchers in key markets and production countries accross the globe. Before joining the ASC, Esther was programme manager at the Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH) and responsible for their aquaculture market transformation program. She was Deputy Director of a Dutch environmental organisation, the North Sea Foundation. She has a scientific background in Environmental Innovation and Communication, achieved her PhD in Innovation Studies and has been since then very much interested in facilitating the global seafood supply chain towards more sustainable practices.
