Hubu company has big aquaculture plans

-hoping to target 30% of UK prawns market

The US$25m Hubu Aquafarms project aims to revolutionise aquaculture here with high technology and organic harvests and it hopes to eventually net 30% of the UK’s prawns market.

“This is not agriculture. This is a tech business. There’s no longer agriculture. You know, when people think of agriculture, they think of boots and a spade, and we say none of this because the road we are taking this is a tech-driven industry,” Executive Director Simon Shaw said as he spoke of the company’s plans to integrate technology into its farming practices. The project will incorporate technology ranging from micro-nano bubble generators in its breeding ponds to drones to feed its crustaceans, and hydrophones to determine feed time and collecting data among others.