Q1 2024
- Operating Permit received for first Floating RAS-X in Puerto de Castellon, Spain
- Next Steps Going Forward
- Place order for Floating RAS-X
- Put Floating RAS-X into service at Puerto de Castellon
- Prepare to farm Kingfish
- In 2025 – Market first Floating RAS-X to third parties
- Take next steps towards development of our ABT Farm
Q4 2023
- Workshop on feeding trials with Skretting and IEO (Instituto Español de Oceanografia)
- Further comprehensive trials agreed to for 2024
Q3 2023
- Selection process for shipyard to build our Floating RAS initiated, qualified shipyards shortlisted
- RAS component supplier and installation crew identified for turn-key assembly at shipyard
Q2 2023
- We filed IP for our Floating RAS with relevant authorities
- Feeding trials at IEO’s ABT facility in Spain, jointly with IEO and Skretting. This was an important step in making ABT farming more sustainable and more economically viable as it will help us to optimize feed for ABT. Our feeding trials were financed by Aquaexel.
Q1 2023
- Our work to date was recognized at BlueInvestment Day 2023: in a highly competitive pitch session, we were chosen as winners in the category “Sustainable Food and Feed from the Ocean”. BlueInvest is an initiative by the EU Commission to attract investment into the blue economy (https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7040938379089215488)
- Floating RAS design continued, interest from other farmers, cooperation with Fraunhofer IGD to develop precision farming processes within our system
Q4 2022
- Co-organized a world-class workshop on tuna reproduction. Jan and Paul from our team met with our partners from the IEO plus external tuna and fish reproduction experts from Israel, the Netherlands, Greece and Japan;
- Met with potential customers in Spain and Malta. Strong interest in the market for our product, juvenile Atlantic Bluefin Tuna.
- Entered into Letters of Interest with existing tuna grow-out facilities, producers of seabass and seabream, and with retail chains and seafood distributors.
- Cooperation agreement established with Skretting for the joint development of optimized tuna dry feed. This is a very important step towards a truly sustainable tuna aquaculture. Please see press release: https://www.skretting.com/en/news-and-stories/a-leap-forward-for-farmed-atlantic-bluefin-tuna/
Q3 2022
- Spanish subsidiary Next Tuna Spain SL established
- We participated in various industry events. Most notably the European Aquaculture Society’s “Europe Aquaculture 2022” where Paul gave two presentations. Our intern Letizia Valluzzi presented the findings of the effluent water treatment study she produced for us
- Progress on our floating RAS design – a CFD (computational fluid dynamics) model was successfully produced, confirming that the system does as designed.
Q2 2022
- Site selection process finalized: We decided for the Port of Castellon in Spain
- Start of permitting process
- Our scientific tests at the IEO facility have been progressing well
Q1 2022
- Site selection process finalized: We decided for the Port of Castellon in Spain
- Start of permitting process
- Our scientific tests at the IEO facility have been progressing well
Q4 2021
- Closed seed funding round with private investors, supported by German government program, “Invest Risk Capital”
- Began EIT Food project with partners: IEO, SFS, WLR
- Won European Institute of Technology (EIT) Food’s call “Sustainable Aquaculture” Grant which funds over 70% of project cost to reach construction-ready status
Est. 2020
- Next Tuna GmbH founded by Dr. Paul-Daniel Sindilariu, Andrew Eckhardt, Jan Giebichenstein, and Sara Morales
- Started to build partnerships across industry and science as ABT reproduction required cooperation
- Site selection process began on the Mediterranean Coast