Students from the University School of Fisheries Sciences, graduate students from the Graduate Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences, and seven working adults from School of Fisheries Sciences are planning to establish AQSim, a startup company that supports land-based aquaculture businesses, in the fall of this year.

The total population of the earth is expected to reach 10 billion by 2050, and it is predicted that there will be a shortage of food, especially protein, from the amount of fish caught by fishing boats to date. Expectations are rising for land-based aquaculture, which is less susceptible to the effects of climate change. On the other hand, there is no accumulated know-how in land-based aquaculture, operational costs are high, and it is difficult to achieve profitability, requiring a large amount of effort from new entrants.

AQSim, which is being launched this time, will use a simulation system developed by Assistant Professor Yuki Takahashi of the University's Faculty of Fisheries Sciences to develop a land-based aquaculture consulting business. We aim to reproduce the behavior and growth of fish in a digital space, find a breeding method, and provide a land-based aquaculture plan that can be profitable from the first year. By developing services that encourage new entrants into the aquaculture business, we aim to help popularize terrestrial aquaculture and promote the fisheries industry.

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