Climate change

While the market for UK seaweed products is growing, the industry currently relies on wild harvests to meet the majority of its demand, preventing the sector from realising its potential.

Crawfish farming is one of the most lucrative and sustainable forms of aquaculture in the US, but recent droughts in its southern heartlands are putting livelihoods at risk.

Sharing practical tips for small-scale aquaculture operators, particularly those based in the tropics, to adapt and become more resilient to the changing climate and extreme weather events.

Innovo, which grows algae in bioreactors fed by fossil fuel emissions, believes that buy-in from the aquafeed sector can help them scale up their concept, while they - in turn - can help improve the sustainability of aquaculture, by reducing its reliance on wi…

In the face of rising mortality rates caused by warming sea temperatures, Saumon de France - Europe's most southernly net pen salmon producer - has had to significantly modify its production cycle, and is looking to expand both offshore and onshore.

Brilliant Planet’s unique idea to capture carbon by creating – and then burying – algal blooms in coastal deserts shows great promise, but it will take hundreds millions of dollars of investment before it can fully achieve its ambitious goals.

Japan is leading the way when it comes to recognising the role aquatic species play in sequestering blue carbon, but - as things stand - farmed seaweed has yet to gain official support in this field.

After leading a management buyout of Spring Genetics from Benchmark, Hideyoshi Segovia Uno is working hard to help ensure the international tilapia sector – particularly in Latin America (LATAM) – succeeds, in the face of a raft of emerging challenges.

Running Tide, a startup which was originally established to grow and sink seaweed to the ocean floor, has recently pivoted to focus on sinking waste wood in a bid to capture carbon and counter ocean acidification, as Adam Baske, VP of coastal markets and resto…

Moses Njoku Uwa is the founder and managing director of St Mosco FeedNation, the largest fish farming company in southeast Nigeria, which produces 560 tonnes of African catfish from 100 earth ponds each year.

Investment in seaweed production – not processing – urgently needs to be prioritised, according to leading industry analyst and Phyconomy founder Steven Hermans.