Scott Nichols is an American inventor and Marketer who is often considered to be a leader in the effort to make fish farming more sustainable.[1] Nichols was part of the process and promotion of using a yeast rich in essential omega-3s (EPA) as an alternative food source for farmed salmon. Nichols is the recipient of the 2012 SeaWeb Innovation Award, the 2015 IntraFish Seafood International Marketer of the Year Award, a Co-founder of Verlasso, and founder of Food's Future.[2][3] He serves on the board of the Aquaculture Stewardship Council.[4]
Before starting Food's Future, LLC, his own consulting firm for economically and environmentally sustainable aquaculture ventures, Nichols brought innovation to fish farming as a businessman and scientist.[5] With the yeast, Nichols delivered a viable salmon diet option other than the environmentally unsustainable practice of relying on wild fish to provide the necessary omega-3s in a salmon's diet. By decreasing the ratio between wild fish consumed for salmon produced, the yeast rich in essential omega-3s reduced the dependency on wild fish.[6]