Seafood Innovations Ltd has been established as a joint venture research consortium company by The New Zealand Seafood Industry Council Limited and The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited to promote the carrying out of research relating to the seafood industry in New Zealand. The Foundation for Research, Science and Technology is a cornerstone investor in the company on behalf of the New Zealand Government.
Seafood Innovations Ltd, as the company name suggests, aims to underpin growth of the seafood export industry by increasing returns from the current seafood harvest through developing and commercialising innovative, consumer appealing, value added seafood and marine products.
Seafood Innovations will help take the industry from a simple “catch, pack and ship” value-added approach to utilisation of well-characterised fish components for food, health and industrial applications.