Oceano Fresco is a sustainable seafood company using innovative aquaculture techniques to grow high-quality bivalve species. Portugal based Oceano Fresco has been funded by its founders, public grants, and venture capital investors who all share our paradigm-shifting vision of a true ‘Blue Economy’ for Europe and the World.

A deep dive on bivalves a regenerative farming. Oceano Fresco farms only native European species, starting with clams (V. corrugata and R. decussatus), currently in decline and threatened by exotic and invasive species. The breakthrough comes from the actual biology of low trophic animals. With no major negative inputs (no artificial feed, no antibiotics) and several positive outputs (including CO2 capture in the shells, filtering of water, and the sanctuary effect of our open-sea farm) bivalves are an obvious yet largely untapped protein source and among the most sustainable, naturally healthy and tasty foods available anywhere in the world.

The challenge to scale up bivalves in a sustainable way. Our clams are bred in the hatchery at our state-of-the-art BioMarine Center (Nazaré, Portugal) and then go to the Atlantic Ocean to the world’s first open-sea clam farm (off the coast of Lagos, Portugal) to be fed with naturally available microalgae and grow to adulthood. With vertically integrated operations, bivalves can be farmed in a sustainable and scalable way. Our commitment to our customers is to provide a reliable, all year-round supply and business partnership to re-establish consumption of premium clams, both out of home and in-home. It requests us to scale up successfully cultivation but also commercial operations and R&D + Marketing innovation.

Frederico Reis is the Chief Commercial Officer and executive director of Oceano Fresco. He is a marketing and sales executive with more than 15 years’ experience in fast-moving consumer goods, consumer health care, electronics and food retail across Europe.