Land-based Farming

Kita-Sanriku Factory, Yanmar launch pilot project for land-based sea urchin farming

2025-05-15T13:52:00

Sea urchin aquaculture project

Intention is to export products to the EU, the US, Dubai, Thailand and other markets around the world

Yanmar Holdings and Kita-Sanriku Factory have launched a pilot project to develop a land-based sea urchin aquaculture system tackling coastal ocean desertification. Supported by Japan’s SBIR programme, the project includes a JPY 920 million budget and a new facility in Iwate, showcasing UNI-VERSE systems for scalable, high-quality sea urchin production.

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