Demand for fish continues at its insatiable rise. Since 1961 - that's over 50 years ago - the worldwide demand for fish has been increasing at twice the rate of the growth in global population and today we are eating more than twice the amount of fish we did 50 years ago - and that is likely to increase in the years ahead, rising to an anticipated 230 million tonnes by 2050.In the past, captured fisheries have been supplying the main source for fish for consumption. Presently, almost 85% of worldwide fish stocks are either being made use of or, at worse, reducing. It is not sustainable to continue to put pressure on capture fisheries; scientists predict that our oceans will become virtual deserts in less than 35 years.
This is the reason behind setting up AquaSpark (view the video here), new business that looks at ways to help companies continue to invest - through a global investment fund for small to medium-sized businesses - in the aquaculture sector for good!
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