South Atlantic & Gulf Coast Shellfish/Crustaceans Track
This South Atlantic and Gulf Coast Track offers a range of opportunities and support for regional shellfish and crustaceans businesses (farmed, wild and their supply chains) who wish to seek investment, make trade contacts and connect with Fish 2.0's global network of sustainable seafood businesses and investors.
Who can participate in the South Atlantic & Gulf Coast Shellfish/Crustaceans Track?
Companies from around the world compete in Fish 2.0. For the shellfish/crustaceans-focused track, the company must be:
- Based in the United States, in the South Atlantic & Gulf Coast region (Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.).
The company must be focused on one of the following:
- Open to any businesses in the above states involved in any aspect of the shellfish/crustaceans industry. (aquaculture, feed, harvest, food processing, transport, packaging, or regulatory).
All businesses including start-up, early stage or established businesses can participate.
There is no cost to participate in Fish 2.0 or its workshops.
Businesses not eligible in this or other regional tracks, please check out our two global tracks (Supply Chain Innovation and Traceability & Transparency)
What will I get out of participating in Fish 2.0?
Fish 2.0 will help you to get your business ready for investors, and to meet investors who are interested in your business in your region.
- Each enterprise will have its materials reviewed by 1-4 investors during the competition.
- You will be offered opportunities to work with investors who can advise you on how best to build your business idea and succeed in the competition and in gaining investment.
- Fish 2.0 receives significant media coverage in the seafood press and the popular press globally. See the News on the Fish 2.0 website.
- If you are in doubt about your eligibility, apply. Or email us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
What are my chances of winning?
- Fish 2.0 has a specific track just for South Atlantic & Gulf Coast Shellfish/Crustaceans Businesses. You will work with the same materials, process and feedback as all global businesses, but compete against the companies within your track to gain a spot at the Global Finals.
- All judging is done by investors, using standard criteria for viable businesses.
- Fish 2.0 offers a cash prize to the leading shellfish/crustacean-focused enterprise.
- Fish 2.0 will recognize the top three ventures in this track and invite them to pitch to investors at the competition finals in California.
The Fish 2.0 South Atlantic & Gulf Coast Shellfish Workshop
March 15-17, 2017 in Wilmington, North Carolina
About the Fish 2.0 South Atlantic & Gulf Coast Shellfish Workshop
The Fish 2.0 workshop offers entrepreneurs:
- Direct support and training to clarify, improve and communicate your business values to investors.
- A short business pitch ready to be shared with investors.
- An application that is ready to enter in the 2017 Fish 2.0 competition.
- Guidance on participating and succeeding in Fish 2.0.
What you’ll gain
The Fish 2.0 workshop offers entrepreneurs:
- Insight into types of investment and the best fit for your business.
- A strategy for positioning your business to attract funding.
- An understanding of what investors are looking for.
- Knowledge on how to incorporate environmental and social sustainability & impacts into your business strategy.
Who can attend?
- Open to enterprises from Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.
- Must be involved in any aspect of the shellfish industry (aquaculture, feed, harvest, food processing, transport, packaging, or regulatory).
- All businesses including start-up, early stage or established businesses can participate.
The workshop is FREE. No specific preparation needed
Applications to this workshop are now closed.
Questions?
General questions please contact Remy Garderet at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Travel or lodging questions please contact Deborah Mosca at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Fish 2.0 South Atlantic & Gulf Coast Shellfish/Crustaceans Sponsors
We are a collaborative team in the Wilmington region comprised of representatives from local governments, academia, economic development organizations, and the private sector committed to developing a marine biotechnology and life sciences cluster in southeastern North Carolina. Our mission is to drive cross-sector cooperation to create a team focused on growing the talent pipeline, increasing access to capital and technical support, and fostering growth of the Marine and Life Sciences sectors.
The North Carolina Biotechnology Center leads life science technology based economic development for North Carolina by supporting the progression of ideas from research lab to the marketplace. NCBiotech invests in technology development through grants, in company development through loans, and in economic development through infrastructure grants. NCBiotech’s programs and activities target emerging sectors and work across North Carolina to develop strengths that yield jobs in the life sciences. NCBiotech is a private non-profit corporation funded by the General Assembly.
North Carolina Sea Grant provides research, education and outreach opportunities relating to current issues affecting the North Carolina coast and its communities. We facilitate funding of millions of state and federal dollars to conduct university-based research, outreach and education programs each year. This research fuels outreach and education programs that promote discovery, learning, new research and awareness across the state and the nation.
The NCEast Alliance is a regional, public/private, not-for-profit, economic development corporation serving 28 counties with approximately 1.2 million residents within several small metropolitan and micropolitan areas in eastern North Carolina from the fringe of the Research Triangle to the Atlantic Coast. The Alliance provides community capacity building, marketing/lead generation, assists companies with site location and expansion evaluations and advocates for the development of eastern North Carolina. For more information on the NCEast Alliance, visit us at www.nceast.org
New Hanover County Farm Bureau is a nonprofit voluntary membership agricultural organization that develops, advances, promotes, improves and protects programs for the general welfare, including the economic, social and educational well-being, of farm and rural people in the county and state so that farming will be more profitable and the lives of farmers will be bettered. We recognize the importance of aquaculture as an integral segment of agriculture and fully support the expanded development of aquaculture and the seafood industry.
