Reduce waste and improve sustainability and profitability

Our vision is simple: Sustainable growth from wild-caught seafood. By maximizing the utilization of what is already being caught, we can provide more delicious wild caught seafood with minimal additional environmental consequences. Net Surplus is building a smarter, more efficient food system that supports global population growth without harming the planet—turning yesterday’s by-catch into tomorrow’s essential nutrition.

Unlocking the Ocean’s Hidden Value

A 2020 FAO report estimated that 9.1m tonnes (10%) of global wild caught seafood is returned to the sea unwanted. Although this number is often disputed, it gives an idea of the scale of the issue.

We are here to change the narrative, turning a market inefficiency into a thriving opportunity that can:

• Improve the financial welfare of fishers.

• Offer consumers great value seafood against a backdrop of reducing availability and increasing inflation for key species.

• Provide society with an additional low environmental impact sources of protein.

• Deliver new inputs to the marine ingredients market

Revolutionizing the Supply Chain

There are many seafood organisations out there that could be addressing this opportunity. However, they are rightly focused on the ‘wanted’ bit of the catch where they have products, customers and markets established. At Net Surplus we want to find a home for the difficult fish.