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Researchers in Ghana believe that there’s now scope to fulfil the potential of the African bony tongue – commonly referred to as “super cu” in Ghana – as a key aquaculture species.

Paul Shapiro, CEO of The Better Meat Co, believes that mycoprotein fermentation will give the plant-based seafood sector a whole host of ingredients for their edible offerings, while making the global food system more su…

Although India is the world's second largest aquaculture producer, harvesting 15 million tonnes a year, post-harvest chains are plagued by a lack of transparency and inefficient value chains.

Ireland’s fourth entrepreneurial aquaculture and alternative seafood programme is currently open to applications from researchers, inventors, startups, entrepreneurs and established companies in these sectors or adjacent…

Ademola Adetola, a graduate of accounting from the University of Cape Coast, is the co-owner of AwoAde Farms, in Agoro Community, Ogun State, Nigeria.

As tilapia production intensifies, fish health challenges are evolving — but so is fish health management. Find out how vaccines and other techniques are helping Brazil’s tilapia producers stay competitive and sustainabl…

Vibrios are some of the most unwelcome bacteria in the global shrimp farming sector, causing diseases including EMS and costing the sector billions as year. However, as we explain in this article, there are a huge number…

Petros Thomas, who’s Greek and been in the marine aquaculture sector for 32 years, is currently working as assistant general manager and production operation manager for the Tabuk Fisheries Company in Saudi Arabia.

Jon Parker, development lead for Aquaculture Industry Wales (AIW), explains how the organisation - which is backed by a growing number of startups - aims to improve the industry’s reputation among the public and politici…

Royal Caridea is poised to harvest its first cohort of shrimp from an RAS facility in Arizona, where Dr Maurice C Kemp, the startup's founder and president, aims to continue to develop a unique, hyper-intensive farming s…

Indonesia’s eel farming industry has huge potential – as long as all stakeholders can make a supportive ecosystem – according to Angga Kurniawan, general manager of one of the country’s pioneering eel farms.

Increasing numbers of people displaced by the construction of a reservoir in India’s Jharkhand State are turning to cage culture of tilapia and pangasius, thanks to government subsidies and reports of good profits.

If soy has such negative impact on the environment, why is it still used in salmon feeds? Many new ingredients are being developed, why don’t we see a bigger change in the feed composition?

Both the shrimp and salmon sectors have plenty of reasons to be optimistic, even if high shrimp prices are not likely to be matched by equally high profits, according to Rabobank's Gorjan Nikolik.

Twenty-seven-year-old Abdulmalik Oladipupo is the aquaculture senior supervisor at Patec Foods Limited, which produces catfish and pangasius in an RAS farm in Nigeria.

The decision to change from producing shrimp in traditional earthen ponds to a more intensive model, based on techniques adopted from Asia, has paid dividends – both for Acuamaya and for several hundred small scale produ…

Kate Dempsey began her career as a law graduate but quickly found her calling in Ireland's aquaculture sector as founder of the Irish Mussel Seed Company, the Wicklow Seaweed Company and the CEO of Aqualicense.

Though many leading cell-cultured seafood companies are based in Asia, Dr Sebastian Rakers, co-founder of Bluu Biosciences, believes that European consumers will embrace cell-based seafood due to its enhanced sustainabil…

A promising integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA) project aims to restore a threatened sea anemone to a large swathe of the southwest coast of Spain, as well as produce a range of other seafood products.

Aquaculture is a vital source of affordable seafood, that – if backed up by education – can help to halt a deepening public health crisis in the US, according to Eric Adjepong, who is well-known for his appearances on