Aquanomics

Advocates say that capitalising on Canada’s blue economy and aquaculture potential can bring benefits for all – but only if it’s done well.

Though Asia already leads the world in the traditional seafood trade, it is poised to gain global dominance in the nascent alternative seafood segment.

After studying architecture and design in university, Cynthia Darmawan decided to join Delta Marine, her family's shrimp trading business. Since then, she's helped the business expand and plays a leading role in Indonesia's fast-growing shrimp sector.

Stronger and larger aquaculture units and enclosed set ups could be the next stage of aquatech, according to a review of Norway’s development license scheme for Atlantic salmon.

While the introduction of invasive non-native species such as Nile perch and water hyacinth have had a catastrophic impact on the biodiversity of Lake Victoria, a growing number of initiatives to control them may help to limit the damage and create new jobs.

Northern India’s landlocked shrimp sector presents huge opportunities for entrepreneurs, according to Amanleen Singh, who moved to rural Punjab in 2017 to set up his own shrimp farm after a career that included working in travel, real estate and the stock mark…

Seaweed aquaculture and kelp forest restoration are getting a tentative nod as a blue carbon strategy – but the way policymakers structure carbon credits and offsets may make its benefits theoretical instead of bankable.

A range of initiatives from US soy producers have been integral to the transformation of China’s aquaculture sector from traditional rural polyculture to modern methods, thereby inspiring the industry’s phenomenal growth.

Recent genetic advances are being heralded as possible game-changers for the tiger prawn (Penaeus monodon) farming sector, potentially bringing a welcome renaissance to a sector that has fallen far behind vannamei shrimp in the past decades.

Ocean 14 Capital Fund, which is over half way to raising €150 million, is looking to make a series of game-changing investments in the aquaculture sector as it seeks to improve global food security while ensuring the long-term health of the oceans.

Paulo Tahara, who farms tilapia at Estância Tahara, in São Paulo state, hopes that the practice and financial benefits brought about by improving the welfare of the fish on his farm will help persuade others to do the same, and perhaps even inspire local legis…