Singapore engineer pivots from oil rigs to fish farms

Singapore engineer pivots from oil rigs to fish farms

By Martin Abbugao

Source: taipeitimes

2/18/2024

Credit: AFP

A high-tech fish farm floats just off the coast of Singapore, part of a plan by a retired engineer who once built oil rigs to bring diners cleaner, healthier seafood.

The tiny city-state imports 90 percent of its food, but hopes to locally source about one-third of it by 2030 to guard against supply disruptions such as climate change, disease and conflict.

So officials are backing projects such as Eco-Ark, a giant aquafarm that produces seabass, grouper and threadfin for restaurant tables across the city of nearly 6 million.

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