Restorative aquaculture

A new $49 million grant aims to reinvigorate the Alaskan mariculture scene, prioritising native and traditionally underserved communities

Anna Sabirbayeva, general director of Organic Fish - a prospective trout producer – explains the company’s plans to develop the Caspian Sea’s first cage salmonid farm, along with their goals to help conserve the endemic Caspian salmon.

Seakura has demonstrated that seaweed farms can be used as biological filters to absorb pollutants from desalination plants and ports.

Waziri Selemani Mpogo is a fisherman-turned-farmer who ranches sea cucumbers off the shores of Mafia Island in Tanzania.

Pond farming of Gracilaria seaweeds has seen steady growth in Indonesia over the past 30 years. While demand continues to grow, both seaweed farmers and upstream processors are aware that methods need to improve, as the industry hits environmental limits.

Buoyed by the success of their first seaweed farm, Atlantic Mariculture Limited not only has plans to dramatically increase its own growing capacity but also to catalyse the growth of UK’s entire seaweed sector - by developing transferable technologies and est…

Azerbaijan Fish Farm aims to produce over 9 tonnes of caviar a year and, in the process, help make their country synonymous with sustainable, progressive aquaculture.

Seadling, which is based in Malaysian Borneo, sees fermenting seaweed for pet food ingredients as the first step towards unlocking greater value from tropical macroalgae.

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.