Prairie AquaTech was selected as one of the three finalists for the Global Aquaculture Alliance’s annual Global Aquaculture Innovation Award.

The American manufacturer commercializes ME-PRO®, a high-performance protein ingredient developed in the United States at Prairie AquaTech’s R&D facility in Brookings, South Dakota. With a 70% protein content, it also provides manufacturers and aqua farmers two unique features: reduction in phosphorus discharge in water (due to fish waste) and production based on non-genetically modified (non-GMO) plant protein.

With the rise of RAS ventures across the world, the company finds an opportunity since nothing is more important than water quality in RAS. “The most expensive aspect of RAS is biofiltration. We can reduce the stress on that system. If more of the aquafeed nutrients are digestible, recirculation is going to happen a lot more smoothly. ME-PRO is the perfect RAS ingredient,” said Prairie AquaTech CEO, Mark Luecke, to GAA.

The company was the winner of the 2019 Aquafeed Innovation Awards for Ingredients.

GOAL finalists will present at GAA’s upcoming virtual GOAL 2020 conference to be held from October 5-8, 2020. More information here.