Unsustainable
overfishing of the high seas is stressing our supply of protein
from the ocean, and environmental degradation on continental
shelves is further damaging the ocean environment (evident
from the widening dead zones where oxygen depletion greatly
curtails marine life). All this, even as our global population
is expected to increase from six billion to nine billion by
mid-century, requiring major expansion of global food supply.
Farm-raised fish (aquaculture) is needed to satisfy the growing demand
for protein from the sea, but traditional aquaculture relies on fishmeal
and fishoil from the ocean "reduction" fisheries - the supply
of which also is flat or declining. Grain-based food supply for aquaculture is
a poor substitute as it is low in healthy omega-3 fatty acids, and shifting
to grain-based food for aquaculture just adds stress and increases prices
of our global food supply.
Our strategy to reverse these trends is to deploy large numbers of free-drifting
Atmocean pumps in the open oceans, upwelling nutrients to enhance phytoplankton
which forms the base of the ocean food chain. Over time, more and larger fish
should grow - in fact we estimate up to 1.5 tons per pump per year. This should
support increased wild-caught fish, both for consumer markets and for the aquaculture
reduction fisheries.
To discuss
in more detail how Atmocean’s technology could
sustainably improve ocean fish supply, please contact Philip
W. Kithil, CEO, at [email protected]
Unsustainable
overfishing of the high seas is stressing our supply of protein
from the ocean, and environmental degradation on continental
shelves is further damaging the ocean environment (evident
from the widening dead zones where oxygen depletion greatly
curtails marine life). All this, even as our global population
is expected to increase from six billion to nine billion by
mid-century, requiring major expansion of global food supply.