Prawn farm in Tuas scales new heights with high-tech vertical system

Universal Aquaculture chief executive Jeremy Ong (left) and chief financial officer Clifford Loh at the firm’s Tuas South Link facility. PHOTO: ST FILE
The facility comprises 33 sets of a unique tank cluster. ST PHOTO: TIMOTHY DAVID
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SINGAPORE - Fish and vegetable farming have already gone high-rise in land-scarce Singapore. Now, another type of farming has gone vertical.

When the first harvest from Universal Aquaculture's Tuas South Link facility is ready come June, the sweet, juicy flesh of live vannamei prawns will be much easier to get hold of.

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