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Lota Digital: Disrupting fishing in Portugal for a sustainable future

  • Portugal
  • 6 min read
  • Aug 25, 2020
  • By Gareth Gardiner Jones

© Lota Digital

The “digital fish market” app helps fishermen compete in a market dominated by large players

Lota Digital is an online marketplace connecting local fishermen with buyers. Seeking to “revitalize the traditional Portuguese fishing sector,” the marketplace not only boosts the livelihoods of small-scale fisheries in Portugal and beyond, but also guarantees quality for the customer and for the sustainability of fish stocks, which are increasingly depleted around the world. 
Launched by Portuguese startup Bitcliq, Lota Digital recently gained its biggest customer to date, the global wholesale chain Makro, with 10 stores locally – a significant milestone in the company’s three-year h...

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