F3 to host free webinars for $200K Fish Farm Challenge

F3 – Future of Fish Feed will hold two free webinars to guide companies participating in its $200,000 Fish Farm Challenge, with sessions scheduled on January 26-27 for the Asia-Pacific region and January 27 for the Americas/Europe region.

F3 – Future of Fish Feed will host two free live webinars introducing the F3 Fish Farm Challenge to companies across the aquaculture value chain. Led by the F3 team, the sessions will outline the contest rules, explain how to participate as an individual farm or as part of a collaborative team, and conclude with a live Q&A with the F3 judges and Chief Scientific Officer.

The program content and speakers will be the same for both webinars, with two sessions scheduled to accommodate participants in the Asia-Pacific and Americas/Europe regions. All registrants will receive a playback recording following the live session. Register at: https://farm.f3challenge.org/webinars/

The F3 Fish Farm Challenge is a global competition rewarding farms that produce fish fed without marine animal ingredients. Since wild-caught marine animal ingredients do not have a predictable supply, more options for feed ingredients are needed for enhanced food security. The F3 Fish Farm Challenge incentivizes farms to future-proof their operations.

A total of $200,000 in cash prizes will be awarded to four top-performing farms that sell the most carnivorous finfish raised on marine-animal-free feeds in one of two contest tracks:
· A two-year contest that rewards farms already producing and selling carnivorous finfish on feeds free of marine-animal ingredients.
· A four-year contest that rewards farms embarking on new feed and farming innovations and those raising slower-growing finfish species.

Many wild-capture fisheries are at or beyond sustainable limits, driving up feed costs and threatening production stability. According to the statement from F3, the 2023 closure of the Peruvian anchoveta season showed how quickly these disruptions ripple through the industry. Reliance on wild-caught marine-animal ingredients is a weak link in the aquaculture supply chain, putting its growth and global seafood security at risk, while also affecting vital marine ecosystems.

The F3 Challenge fosters innovation to reduce reliance on wild-caught marine ingredients in aquafeed. By incentivizing the development and adoption of nutritionally equivalent alternatives, the challenge helps accelerate industry change toward more resilient, diversified, and environmentally responsible seafood production.