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A secret species of filter-feeder, placed in novel devices within fish pens, could help to greatly reduce the numbers of parasites, including sea lice, affecting aquaculture operations.

Mozambican tilapia producer Chicoa Fish Farm has secured $1.5 million in funding from Goodwell Investments.

A new system that connects shrimp farmers directly to buyers - to ensure fast, efficient and secure transactions - is proving popular in Ecuador.

The Kingfish Company is now trading on the Oslo Stock Exchange’s Merkur Market, two weeks after securing €50 million in additional funding.

Innovative companies involved in shrimp feed production and adding value to fish processing by-products have been recognised in India’s 2020 National Fisheries Awards.

Singapore-based entrepreneur John Diener is committed to developing a series of urban aquaculture facilities that are able to produce shrimp, whitefish and seaweeds in high tech five-story farming systems.

A desire to improve fish farming efficiency, strengthen employment opportunities in rural Kenya and reduce HIV infection levels around Lake Victoria all inspired Dave Okech to come up with a novel, yet simple, way to hel…

Mascha Davis, a registered dietician, nutritionist, author, macro-influencer and the founder of Mini Fish, explains why sustainable aquaculture products, packaged in an environmentally friendly way, offer hope for the fu…

Ewan McAsh designed SmartOysters to solve his farming pain points and now both he and other oyster farmers are reaping the benefits – leading to improvements in everything from financial performance to mental health.

Haven King-Nobles, co-founder of Fish Welfare Initiative, explains why the ethical startup can make a real impact on the Indian aquaculture sector.

In the first instalment of a new series, Rajamanohar Somasundaram, founder and CEO of Aquaconnect*, reflects on year that has been challenging for India’s aquaculture sector, but which strengthens the case for the increa…

Award-winning Scottish aquaculture technology supplier Ace Aquatec has announced the opening of its new Norwegian division, in Bergen.

Bluefront Equity, a private equity fund that aims to invest in companies that make the seafood value chain more sustainable, has been launched by Kjetil Haga and Simen Landmark today.

A selection of budding and experienced aquaculture entrepreneurs took part in a two-week online aquaculture innovation workshop earlier this month. The object being to support, develop and ultimately build a growing pipe…

Using sea water to create coastal wetlands in which crops including fish and shellfish can be grown is a relatively new concept, but Yanik Nyberg, founder of Seawater Solutions, believes that it can help to revolutionise…

Plans to invest $60 million to create the world’s largest kelp farm 3-10 kilometres off the coast of Namibia have been announced today.

A biotech company that aims to turn carbon dioxide into feeds for sectors including aquaculture, has secured sufficient funding to establish a new production facility.

Desmond Chow, the founder of Singapore Crawfish, is so convinced that crayfish aquaculture is ripe for investment that he’s spent the past two years, and considerable amounts of his own capital, developing a range of cra…

FishGlobe, a novel fish farm design that is also “the largest construction ever made in polyethylene”, is showing early signs of promise.

Plans to attract more investors to the aquaculture sector have been announced by Hatch Blue, the aquaculture venture company, and the law firm Thommessen.