From oil rigs to fish farms


Fish farms of the future: Leow showing the high-tech Eco Ark facility in Singapore. — AFP

A high-tech fish farm floats just off the coast of Singapore, part of a plan by a retired engineer who once built oil rigs, to bring diners cleaner, healthier seafood.

The tiny city-state imports 90% of its food but hopes to locally source about a third of it by 2030 to guard against supply disruptions such as climate change, disease and conflict.

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