The opportunities presented by smarter tools that can solve ongoing problems on shrimp farms are set to be the topic in a new session at this year’s Global Shrimp Forum.
Fairouz Abbassi is the hatchery manager at Aquaculture Tunisienne, the largest sea bass and sea bream hatchery in North Africa, with an annual production of up to 30 million juveniles.
José Pablo Puga, co-founder and CEO of ChucaoTech, pioneered the use of nanobubbles to tackle seabed pollution beneath salmon farms, but has since expanded into other applications and species.
Massive blooms of sargassum seaweed are choking Caribbean coastlines – threatening marine life, deterring tourism and damaging coastal economies – but where others see a threat, SOS Biotech is already turning the invasive species into valuable products.
Dr Emily Kostas, a multidisciplinary bioscientist and applied phycologist with over a decade’s experience working with seaweed, offers insights into how biorefineries work, why they matter and what challenges lie ahead.
Mohamed El Gendy manages a 600-tonne capacity carp farm in Erbil, northern Iraq, which might be one of the country’s most promising aquaculture operations.
Shaurya Agarwal, co-founder of Blue Wave Aquaculture, aims to not only bring quality RAS-produced rainbow trout to discerning Indian consumers, but also provide a model to catalyse a new industry in his homeland.
In the evolving world of aquaculture, gender equality is increasingly recognised as a key driver of innovation, inclusivity, and sustainability. Yet, women remain underrepresented across the sector, even here in Scotland.
Land-based seaweed cultivation is widely regarded as being too expensive in Europe, but by reducing costs and capitalising on growing demand from food companies Seaweedland’s founder is determined to prove it can be done at scale in The Netherlands.
Fish Welfare Initiative is offering $100,000 to a team who can develop and provide a publicly-available satellite-based system to monitor water quality in India’s carp ponds.
