Guests were served an array of salmon dishes — from Hawaiian poke to ceviche verde to sushi rolls — all made from fish the company had cultured.

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Alternative fish has arrived on the market. Can it help save marine life and feed a hungry world?

We provide them with the same nutrients that the fish would consume in the wild…and essentially have them grow in a system that looks kind of like a beer brewery.

Overfishing and global warming have long wreaked havoc on fish stocks, and a third of marine fish stocks are still being fished at biologically unsustainable levels.

There are people who argue that to feed the ever-burgeoning human population, we need to dramatically accelerate the speed of technological improvements.

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Some populations of coho salmon — the species Wildtype is cultivating — are threatened or endangered.

It tasted exactly like conventional sushi-grade salmon (which arguably isn't the case with many plant-based alternatives)