Preserving biodiversity with Circular Fisheries Economy | Ep. #12

<p>Hey everyone! Welcome back to <strong>Circular Business Podcast-India</strong>..a series <strong>where we simplify and view Circular Economy from the Indian context. I’m your host and dost Sreepriya Sridharan</strong> and we wish you all a fantastic 2021 ahead!</p> <p>If you believe that economic progress can go hand in hand with environment regeneration then go ahead and hit the subscribe button because this content is just right for you.</p> <p>On today’s show I have with me <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/aatishkhan/">Mohammad Aatish Khan</a> &amp; <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/snehal-verma/">Snehal Verma</a> co-founders of <a href="https://naturedots.com/">NatureDots</a> where they are blending natural intelligence with artificial intelligence to create climate resilient sustainable fisheries. Their dream is to capture the pulse of all the water ecosystems in the World! Their hard-tech product AquaNurch® combines the power of ‘Nature-based+DeepTech’ for delivering end-to-end aquaculture solutions in emerging economies towards instituting climate resilient sustainable fisheries. Ensuring high revenue with ease to aqua farmers and healthy protein for all. You can reach them on <a href="https://naturedots.com/aquanurch/">https://naturedots.com/aquanurch/</a> &amp; <strong>reachus@naturedots.com</strong></p> <p>Our current economic model puts an unhealthy pressure on the fishing and aquaculture sector by pushing them to capture and produce as much fish as possible, as quickly as possible and for the lowest possible cost.</p> <p>The collateral damage caused by Fishing and aquaculture on the environment is not a common knowledge! The way this industry is run today..leads to:</p> <ol> <li>Over-exploitation of targeted fish-stocks</li> <li>It Disrupts the ecosystems of non-targeted and farmed species</li> <li>It Contributes to marine/aquatic pollution</li> <li>Lastly..the machines used to catch, trade, auction and market these fishes run on fossil fuels which are finite in nature and in so doing th