World first for ASC approved King Kampachi

A KAMPACHI farm in Mexico has received Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certification, a world first for the species. The farm, 6km offshore in the Gulf of California, near La Paz, rears kampachi in submersible cages. The fish – also known as yellowtail or almaco jack (Seriola rivoliana) -are grown in four 10,000 cubic metre pens,…

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Offshore kampachi set for harvest

PIONEERING offshore farming venture the Kampachi Company has secured equity investment that will help scale up the production of its ocean reared fish in Mexico. The company announced earlier this week that it had received funding from the Althelia Sustainable Ocean Fund (SOF), a new fund managed by Mirova Natural Capital and dedicated to aligning…

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