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Aquaculture Carbon Credits Set to Become $2.5B Market as Climate-Conscious Brands Fuel Demand

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[Portland, ME – May 9th, 2025] – The aquaculture carbon credit market is set to expand ninefold to USD 2.5 billion by 2031, according to ClearView Market Insights 2024 Global Report. This surge is driven by corporate net-zero commitments and innovative projects that combine food production with carbon removal.

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1. Industry Transformation

The Blue Carbon Gold Rush:
Tech giants are paying premium prices for aquatic carbon removal:

-          Microsoft’s $200M purchase of Running Tide credits ($210/ton)

-          Apple’s Restore Fund is investing $50 million in Asian mangrove shrimp projects.

Salmon Industry Leadership:

Norwegian farms now generate credits through:

-          Electric vessel fleets (3,000 tons CO₂e/year)

-          Seaweed-integrated pens (additional 1,200 tons)

-          Feed decarbonization (NovoNutrients’ gas-fermented protein)

Developing World Opportunities:
Vietnam’s 500,000-hectare silvofishery expansion will:

  • Sequester 2.4MMT CO₂e annually
  • Lift farmer incomes by 40%

2. Investment Landscape

Venture Capital Surge:
2023-24 saw $480M invested in aquaculture carbon startups:

Company

Funding

Investors

Technology

Running Tide

$54M

Microsoft, Breakthrough

Kelp sinking

Sea6 Energy

$28M

Tata, Aqua-Spark

Tropical seaweed

CarbonCrop

$42M

Silverlake, Temasek

AI-based MRV

Corporate Partnerships:

  • IKEA + WWF: $60M for Baltic Sea mussel carbon farms
  • Cargill + Regrow: Monitoring 1M acres of seaweed credits

3. Policy Developments

Emerging Standards:

  • Verra’s new AquaCarbon methodology (Q1 2025)
  • EU’s Carbon Removal Certification Framework including aquaculture

National Programs:

  • USA: NOAA’s $120M Blue Carbon Initiative
  • Indonesia: Mangrove credit pre-sales fund 200,000 new ponds

4. Challenges & Solutions

Measurement Complexities:

  • Solution: NASA’s new blue carbon satellite constellation (2026 launch)

Smallholder Inclusion:

  • Solution: Blockchain micro-credits for <1,000 ton projects

Market Liquidity:

  • Solution: AquaCredit Exchange launching in Singapore (2025)

 

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