Skretting executive to lead EATiP

Alex Obach, innovation director at Skretting, has been appointed president of the European Aquaculture Technology and Innovation Platform (EATiP)

EATiP is an international non-profit association dedicated to developing, supporting, and promoting aquaculture, with more than 60 members from research institutions, universities, aquaculture networks, commercial companies, observers, and NGOs.

Originally from Barcelona, Obach is a veterinarian with a master’s degree in aquaculture from the University of Girona in Spain and a PhD in fish pathology and immunology from the University of West Brittany in France.

He started working at the Skretting Aquaculture Research Centre (ARC) in 1993 as a researcher, initially within fish health, and then as a nutritionist. From May 2007 to July 2021, he was MD of Skretting Aquaculture Research Centre (ARC), the global R&D unit of Skretting. He was also a lecturer at the University of Barcelona (1995-1997), and worked as technical director in Marine Harvest (2004-2007).

Innovation and technological development will be instrumental to secure the sustainable growth of the aquaculture industry in Europe, according to Obach.