Former WNBA basketball player Sue Wicks now grows kelp, as well as oysters, in Great South Bay, Long Island, using a novel technique for shallow water cultivation.
Recent trials in Thailand suggest that mixed-sex tilapia farming might offer a promising alternative to the cultivation of hormone-induced all-male fish, especially in cage farms in Africa.
Jeff Hetrick, director of the Alutiiq Pride Marine Institute, a tribally managed marine research facility in Seward, Southeast Alaska, offers insights into the potential offered by the state’s growing mariculture sector, and the pitfalls it needs to overcome.
Recently completed on-farm trials have demonstrated that high-quality insect meal from Protix contains functional properties that can improve fish performance and welfare, as well as farmers’ profitability.
A new, safer and faster way of converting CO2 into protein suitable for aquafeeds is being developed by b.fab, a German startup which aims to help establish a network of simple but effective production hubs around the world.
