In parnership with ARADE ECO AQUACULTURE, NOVATON started the assembly of the first land-based closed system shrimp farm in the Kingdom of Morocco. Marking the start of the new sustainable generation of aquaculture in Morocco.

NOVATON signs an agreement with an Algerian businessman to build and operate a 7,000 Tons shrimp farm, starting with a first phase of 2,000 Tons.

NOVATON farmed shrimp were for the first time sold and regularly delivered to the world famous' NOVIKOV restaurant in Jeddah. The B2B premium quality positioning and price-quality ratio were thus validated by the Chefs and London headquarters of NOVIKOV.

With this milestone, NOVATON has validated the full circle of its "Build, Operate and Market" business model for the first time.

NOVATON ARABIA FOR FISHERIES subsidiary company was created in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It is intended to become the regional Headquarters for the MENA Region.

Signature of a collaborative research agreement NOVATON-Osaka University. The program covers the metabolomic analysis of shrimp and will expand to the preservation of nutritional values during logistics.

NOVATON's objective is to minimize the stress on shrimp during all phases of the value chain and ensure optimal health at all time.

The professional "NOVATON Aquaculture Training and Certification Program" was launched and the first program was executed.

The program is composed of a hands-on learning of the fundamentals in sustainable modern aquaulture all the way to advanced training programs leading to certification.

The first cultivation cycle in the Tabuk Farm started as scheduled despite the Coronavirus global epidemic. For the first time, shrimp were cultivated in the desert hundred of kilometers from the sea.

Osaka University in Japan, validated the higher nutritional values in Omega and Protein of the NOVATON harvested shrimp than found in mainstream cultivated shrimp.

A Joint Venture is created with Aquatec (Indonesia), specialists in manufacturing marine aquaculture equipment, to develop the NOVATON CHESSBOARD concept.

NOVATON presented its technology package to the concerned Moroccan Governement Agencies for aquaculture: ANDA, ONSSA and INRH. In recognition of the sustainability and performance of the NOVATON's technologies, the Authorities gave their green light to cultivate shrimp in-land for the first time in the Kingdom of Morocco.

NOVATON started the construction of the world's 1st fully sustainable farm to cultivate seawater shrimp in the desert, saving water and energy.

The location, north of the city of Tabuk, 250 Km from the Red Sea, was specifically chosen to prove that with NOVATON's technology seawater shrimp can grow inland without any flowthrough required and without discharge.

NOVATON entered an agreement with the Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB), in Indonesia, and Professor Gede Suantika to develop a solution for the Lake Cirata natural disaster.

The solution combines sustainable farming and whenever possible producing solar energy on the artificial lake of Cirata. 

As of Q2 2016, the company has redefined its Business Model and Mission to focus on serving the aquaculture industry with turnkey sustainable farming solutions.